Protoform: NAFA [PN] A wooden drum

Description: A wooden drum
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Nafa Tambour (Btn)
Mangareva Naʔa Tronc d'arbre creusé pour recevoir de l'eau; auge, récipient Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Marquesas Naha Bois de pandanus creusé pour contenir un liquide Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dln)
Niue Nafa Slit drum. Small, wooden drum shaped like a canoe, with a narrow slot on one side (McE). (Sph)
Niue Nafa, lafa To hit, beat (Sph)
Pukapuka Nawa Small, wooden gong (Bge)
Samoan Nafa A native drum (Prt)
Tahitian Naha A sort of native cistern made of leaves; a receptacle for some liquid Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dvs)
Tikopia Nafa Large bowl-shaped trough (sometimes canoe hull serves) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Fth)
Tongan Nafa Drum (Cwd)
Tongan Naffa A drum (Mar)
Tuvalu Nafa Piece of broken canoe used as a drum (Rby)

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