Protoform: MOTO.2B [PN] Coconut growth stage: *moto(moto)
| Description: | Coconut growth stage: *moto(moto) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Niu motomoto | Coconut before it has become fully mature and fallen from the tree | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Niu motomoto | Coco dont la chair est ferme | (Mfr) |
| Emae | Motomoto | Half-ripe coconut | (Cpl) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ni momoto | Stage of coconut growth | (Sve) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moto moto | Juice of a young coconut | (Osn) |
| Nuguria | Moto | Young coconut, too strong | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Motomoto | Young coconut, green or red (drinking coconuts) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Modomodo | A nearly mature coconut... | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | (Nimata) motomoto | Maturation stage of coconut fruits - husk used as strainer | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Moto moto | Ripe coconut | (Lmt) |
| Rennellese | Moto | Green but good to drink of (coconut) | (Ebt) |
| Takuu | Aa/moko | Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Motomoto | Seventh named stage of coconut growth, which has relatively hard and thick meat, a dry husk, bubbly but drinkable water | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Niu moto | Young nut, not husked but cut open or hole driven inside for drink | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Niu motomoto | Fully grown nut, hard shell, husked, hard flesh rasped for cooking Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mokomoko | Drinking coconut (the stage at which the thin soft layer of kernel has just started forming) Phonologically Irregular | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Niu motomoto | Seventh coconut growth stage | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Motomoto | Coconut in between the stage of a drinking coconut and an eating nut (fuaniu). An unhusked green coconut, more ripe than pii (Rby). | (Jsn) |
| West Uvea | Moto | (Coco) jeune | (Hmn) |
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