Protoform: LOOLOA [NP] Fish sp.

Description: Fish sp.
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *loa 'long'.
*8 These could represent three independent replacements of earlier terms by a descriptive derived from *loa 'long'. Cf. PN *haku (needlefish), *paqala (wahoo), *kamai (rainbow runner).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Roroa Poisson: Acanthocybium solanderi (Scombridae) (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Roroa Fish sp. (Bck)
Marquesas Roroa Thazard, wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Chf)
Penrhyn Roroa Fish sp., rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulata) (Sta)
Tahitian Rooroa Autre nom du thazard (Acanthocybium solandri) (Aca)
Tahitian Roeroe Poisson: Carangue arc-en-ciel (Elegatis bipinnulatus) Phonologically Irregular (Aca)
Takuu Roroa Fish sp. Similar to aku (needlefish) (Mle). (Hwd)
Tikopia Rooroa Needlefish (Strongylura leiura) (Fth)
Tuamotu Rorooa Fish sp. (Acanthocybium solandri) (Stn)
Tuamotu Roeroe A variety of large, long, roundish fish Phonologically Irregular (Stn)

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