Protoform: MALAU.1 [RO] General term for soldierfishes and squirrelfishes (genera Holocentrus, Adioryx, Myripristis, Flammeo) (Hpr)
| Description: | General term for soldierfishes and squirrelfishes (genera Holocentrus, Adioryx, Myripristis, Flammeo) (Hpr) |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to RO: RO |
| Notes: | *3 PCP *ma(r,l)au (Gty). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Marau | Squirrelfish | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Malau | Red-coloured fish | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Malau | Adioryx spp. | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Malau mata mu | Priacanthus hamrur (Bigeye) | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Marau | Fish with white and red stripes | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Maarau | Soldierfishes (Myripristis, Plectrypops, Pristileps spp.), Squirrelfishes (Sargocentron spp.) and Cardinalfishes (Apogon and Ostorhinchus spp.) | (Rce) |
| Emae | Marau | Squirrelfish | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Merau | (Sargocentron) (Gty.1994) | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Malau/-daa | Fish sp.: red snapper | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Marau | Squirrel-fish | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Malau/-pungu | Holocentrus assensionis | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Malau | Soldier fish, sword fish | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Malau | Fish sp. (red, paler below, very big black eyes) | (Tbs) |
| Luangiua | Pu/malau | Red bull's eye | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Marau | Poisson | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Marau | Fish sp. | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Maʔau-kuʔa-papa | (Priacanthus hamrup) [Forstal] | (???) |
| Marquesas | Meau | Esp. de petit poisson. Rouget, poisson de la famille des pricanthidés (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Maioú | Small fry of all kinds | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Marau/a | Fry of (Agonostomus forsteri) | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Malau | (Adioryx tiere), (Myripristes pralineus) | (Dye) |
| Niue | Malau | Deep-sea f ish sp. (Variola spp.) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Marau | Small red fish sp. with big eyes | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Malau | Squirrelfish spp | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Marau | Squirrelfish sp. (Myripristis chryseres); big-scale soldier fish Myripristis melanostictus), etc | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Malau | Squirrelfish spp. | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Marau | Smallish red fish | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Magau | Squirrelfish spp. | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Marau | Small equilateral triangle shaped fish Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Malau | (Holocentrus spp., Myripristis spp.); Soldierfish (Myripristris violaceus) (Sam. Fishes) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Taa/malau/ | Sabre Squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Malau-ugatele | Bigscale Soldierfish (Myripristris berndti) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Malau | Fish sp | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Marau | The name of a small fish | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Marau | General term for squirrelfish (Holocentridae sp.) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Marau | Small sea fish, usually red; Squirrelfish and Soldierfish spp. | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Malau | Fish spp. of genera (Holocentrus, Adioryx, Myripristus, Flammeo) | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Malau | Fish sp | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Malau | Squirrelfish | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Malau | Name for various squirrelfish | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Marau | Soldierfish (Adioryx caudimaculatus and other spp.) Holocentrum [Sargocentron] spp. (Rve). | (Fkm) |
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