Protoform: MOO-TEA [CE] White-faced, pale

Description: White-faced, pale
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *tea "white", *te-tea 'albino, light skin colour'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Mo/te/tea Peau blanche; mêlé avec du blanc. Dashed with white; mingled with white; shaded off from white; a white skin (Tgr). (Rch)
Mangareva Motea Jaune (ne se dit [que] de la queue du fruit à pain qui est pour avorter) (Rch)
Mangareva Motea/ka Pâle, blême (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Mootea/tea White, whitish, gleaming (Sve)
Marquesas Mootea/tea Burn scar, very white (Dln)
Moriori Motea/tea Shine (Wms) (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Mootea Pale, white-faced (Wms)
Penrhyn Moo/te/tea Pale (Sta)
Rarotongan Mootea/tea/akaa White-faced, anaemic (Bse)
Rarotongan Moo/te/tea Pale-skinned, sallow, wan (Bse)
Tikopia Motea Pale, whitefaced (not in ) Problematic (Fth)
Tuamotu Mootea Pale, whitish (Stn)

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