Protoform: MALA.1 [PN] Tree sp

Description:	Tree sp
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:	3 PROC m(w)ala "tree sp., perhaps Adenanthera pavonina" (LPO III:149) 5 PMP mala "tree sp." (Bst.1970). 6 PAN mala "tree sp." (Bst.1971:52). *8 "The items glossed 'A.pavonina' are all from languages located in Vanuatu, and probably reflect a series of borrowings. Items denoting other species are presumably chance resemblances." (LPO ibid.)

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
East Futuna	Mala/mea	Plante (Aglaia psilopetala)	(Mfr)
Emae	Mara/maraa	Tree sp. (Adenanthera pavonina)	(Cpl)
Fijian	Mala	A tree (Dysoxylum sp.)	(Cpl)
Ifira-Mele	Mwara	Kind of tree, probably (Adenanthera pavonina)	(Clk)
Niue	Ma/mala/	A tree	(Sph)
Niue	Mamala	A shrub (wands of which are used as the shafts of tika)	(McE)
Rennellese	Maga/bu	Large tree sp, Flacourtiaceae (?Caesaria sp.)	(Ebt)
Rennellese	Maga/kanae	Tree sp. (Cordia subcordata)	(Ebt)
Rennellese	Maga/ko	A kind of shrub (Ficus spp.) with edible berries and leaves	(Ebt)
Tahitian	Mara	Arbre dont le bois est dur (Nauclea forsteri, Neonauclea forsteri)	(Lmt)
Tongan	Mala/mala-ʔa-toa	Tree sp., Memecylon harveyi	(Whr)
Tuamotu	Mara	Tou tree, (Cordia subcordata)	(Stn)
Tupuaki	Mara	(Nauclea rotundifolia)	(Atn)

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