Protoform: MOA.3 [NP] Notched ornamentation at end of canoe

Description: Notched ornamentation at end of canoe
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *moa.1 "fowl (Gallus gallus).
*8 Note. ROT considered to be borrowed.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Moa/moa Sharp point at the stern of a canoe (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Moa End (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Moo/moo The jagged piece of the canoe added at the bow and stern (Lbr)
Rotuman Moa Upright toothlike projections at or near the ends of certain types of canoe Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Moamoa End-piece of the ridge-pole (in a Samoan house) (Prt)
Vaeakau-Taumako Mo/moa Front and back end of a canoe (Hvn)
West Futuna Moa Front, e.g. of a canoe (Dty)

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