Protoform: MANU-TAGI-LUA [SO] Bird sp., probably a petrel

Description: Bird sp., probably a petrel
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*0 PN *manu, *tagi, *rua

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Luangiua Maŋu kaŋilua Small bird, like frigate bird (Smd)
Takuu Manu tanirua Bird whose nocturnal call as it flies north...is different from its call when it returns; hence its name 'two-cry bird'.... (Mle)
Takuu Manu-tani-lua Bird that overflies Takuu at night and has a peculiar cry that sounds partially egressive and partially ingressive (not seen) (Hwd)
Tokelau Manutagilua Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus). "if one hears the cry of the manutagilua during a storm, it indicates that the storm is almost over." (Wdz)

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