Protoform: LUU-KAU.* [NP] Edible greens: *lu(u)-kau
| Description: | Edible greens: *lu(u)-kau |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *luu.1 "taro leaves as food" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Luuʔau | Young taro tops | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Rikau | Native cabbage, a spinach-like plant | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ligau | Stalk of the taro plant (edible in the Colocasia varieties); prepared food: taro stalk with coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves and cooked in the ground oven | (Lbr) |
| Niue | Luku | A fern (Asplenium nidus); the young leaves are used as a vegetable Problematic | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Ruukau | Taro-top salad | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Ruukau | Edible tops of taro plant | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Luʔau | Young taro leaves | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | U/lukau | Taro {haahaa} pudding mixed with taro leaves | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | U/rukau | Food prepared for a sick person on the first day he/she stays in the elder’s house Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| West Futuna | Rukau | Native cabbage | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | U/lukau | Plante; chou canaque, (Hibiscus manihot) ... dont on mange les feuilles en épinards | (Hmn) |
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