Protoform: MA-FUA [PN] Seasonal food that attracts game; small fish preyed on by large fish
| Description: | Seasonal food that attracts game; small fish preyed on by large fish |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *fua.3a "fruit, to bear fruit" ? |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Mafua | Petits poissons dont se nourissent les gros. Fruits dont les oiseaux se nourissent | (Btn) |
| Niue | Mafua | Seasonal food (for fish and birds) | (Sph) |
| Rennellese | Mahua | To flock to eat berries (of birds); tree with flocks of birds;such flocks | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Mafua | Tempting food or attraction to draw game or fish | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Mahua | Small fish sp....found in the ocean in massive numbers...sometimes surrounded by predator fish | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Mafua | Shoal of fish | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Faka/mafua | Flock of birds | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mafua | Fry, swarm of little fish on which the big fishes feed; prey | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Mafua | Favourite food | (Cwd) |
9 entries found
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