Protoform: MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI [PN] Starfish

Description: Starfish
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *maga.1 "branch", *tahi "sea"
*5 PMP *sa9asa9a "starfish" (Ply. 1993).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Mangamangaatai Starfish with very fine, delicate, tentacles (Fbg)
East Futuna Magamagaʔitai Starfish on reef, including Brittle Stars. Etoile de mer (Mfr). (Bgs)
Emae Magamaga tai Starfish (Cpl)
Mangaia Maʔamaʔatai Big Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) and others (Cek)
New Zealand Maori Mangamangaia/tua A race of spirits or ghosts Problematic (Wms)
Nuguria Manamaatai A kind of poisonous starfish (Dvl)
Nukuoro Manu mangamanga Starfish Problematic (Crl)
Pukapuka Mangamanga Starfish; spider (Sby)
Rennellese Mangamangaatai General name for starfishes (Asteroidea) (Ebt)
Tahitian Maʔamaʔatai Ophiure (échinoderme) (Ophiocoma scolopendrina) (Lmt)
Tongan Mangamangaʔaatai Kind of starfish (Cwd)
Tuamotu Mangamangatai Starfish (Stn)

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