Protoform: MOLI.1 [AN] Citrus (fruit)

Description: Citrus (fruit)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:

*0 >> XW *moli-tahi
*4 POC *molis "citrus fruit or citrus-like fruit, perhaps Clymenia polyandra" (LPO III:339).
*5 PMP *limav "zitrone" (Dpf. 1938).
*6 PAN *limaw (Dyn.1953).
*8 Note: Shared meaning "soap" NIU, SAM, TON.
*81 PMP and PAN reconstructions may not be related to POC (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Moli- Citrus (Fruit) (Mfr)
East Uvea Moli Citrus fruits (Rch)
Fijian Moli Citrus (Fruit) (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Mwoli Orange (Clk)
Kwaraʔae Moli Citrus fruit (???)
Nguna Na-mwoli Citrus fruit (Stz)
Niuafoʔou Moli Orange (Tmo)
Niue Moli Citrus, orange; soap (Sph)
Nuguria Mori Lemon, orange, any citrus fruit (Dvl)
Rennellese Mogi Citrus sinensis (Ebt)
Rotuman Mori Orange Borrowed (Cwd)
Samoan Moli Wild orange; soap (so-called because the orange is used for soap) > (Prt)
Takuu Moli Citrus fruit (Mle)
Tokelau Moli Orange (Citrus orantium) (Whr)
Tongan Moli Citrus (fruit) (Cwd)
Tongan Moli uku Citron (used in washing the hair) (Cwd)
Tongan Moli The shaddock, the citron (Mar)
Tuvalu Moli Orange (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Mol Orange (Ray)
West Futuna Mori A tree that bears an inedible spherical fruit (Dty)

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