Protoform: MAQOTA [OC] A tree (Dysoxylum sp.)
Description: | A tree (Dysoxylum sp.) |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
Notes: | *2 PFJ *makota (Gty.1991). |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Futuna | Maaʔota | A shrub (Dysoxylum forsteri) | (Bgs) |
East Futuna | Maʔota | Plante (Pongamia pinnata), Légumineuse | (Mfr) |
East Uvea | Maʔota | Tree (Dysoxylum samoense) | (Rch) |
Fijian | Mavota | A tree (Myristica grandifolia) | (Cpl) |
New Zealand Maori | Maaota | A tree (Dysoxylum spectabile); fresh-grown, green. A patch of land or fern gully that has not been burnt off for many years ; weeds and scrub on land that has been abandoned, second growth (Tgr). | (Wms) |
Niue | Maota, moota | Tree (Dysoxylum richii) | (McE) |
Niue | Moota, maota | Tree (Dysoxylum forsteri) | (Sph) |
Pukapuka | Maota | Name of a woman in past (ref. to foreign tree?) Problematic | (Sby) |
Rennellese | Maʔota | Kind of tree valuable for house timbers, Amoora | (Ebt) |
Samoan | Maota | Trees of the genus Dysoxylum | (Prt) |
Takuu | Maota | Tree sp. with hard, red, wood, food for making planks, that drifts to Takuu | (Mle) |
Tongan | Moʔota | Bush with a strong scent (Dysoxylum richii) (Cwd) (Dysoxylum forsteri) (Whr) | (Cwd) |
West Futuna | Tavai/mota | Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum | (Wly) |
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