Protoform: MATA-LIKI.B [EO] A star cluster, the Pleiades; name of a month or season
| Description: | A star cluster, the Pleiades; name of a month or season |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *mataliki "name given to a significant star cluster" (LPO II:165). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Matariki | Pleiades | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Mataliki | Constellation des Pléiades; troisième lunaison futunienne (juin) | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Mataliki | Lights seen from distance, stars Problematic | (Bgs) |
| Easter Island | Matariki | Pleiades | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Makaliʔi | Pleiades; Hawaiian month name - the six summer months collectively | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Matariki | The Milky Way | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Matariki | Pleiades | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Madaligi | Name of a constellation | (Lbr) |
| Mangareva | Matariki tinitini | Pléiades; constellation d'étoiles | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Matariki | Pleiades; name of a month | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Mataiki (MQN), mataiʔi (MQS) | Les playades; la saison des playades. Constellation les Pléiades; ancien nom du mois de mai; deuxième récolte de fruits à pain (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Maʔtah, eye ke | Winter | (Rbs) |
| Marquesas | Mettáeke | The Pleiades; [Nukuhiva Dialect] a crop or seaxon | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Matariki | Pleiades | (Wms) |
| Niue | Fetuu mataliki | The constellation Pleiades | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Matariki | Name of a constellation, the Pleiades | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Mataliki | Pleiades | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Madaligi | January Problematic | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Matariki | Tiny stars; name of a star constellation | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Mataliki | The Pleiades | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Matariki | The Pleiades | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Matariki | Pleiades | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Matagiki | Pleiades | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Mafririt/ e lagi | The Pleiades | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Mataliʔi | Name of group of stars | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Mataaliʔi | Pleiades | (Ann) |
| Sikaiana | Mataliki | Pleiades | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Matarii | The Pleiades; a year or season, reckoning by the appearance of Matarii or Pleiades | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Matariki | Constellation: Pleiades; season of the year determined by the location of the Pleiades | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Matariki | Pleiades | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mataliki | The constellation of Pleiades | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Mataliki | The Pleiades or Seven Sisters | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Matariki | The Pleiades; the star Capella in the Pleiades, believed to be the king of the stars; the name of a god | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Matariʔi | Pleiades | (Atn) |
| Tuvalu | Mataliki | The Seven Sisters | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Matariki | Pleiades | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Mataliki | Pleiades | (Hmn) |
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