Protoform: NII-KAU [CE] Coconut frond
| Description: | Coconut frond |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitutaki | Niikau | Coconut frond | (Bse) |
| Hawaiian | Niiʔau | Coconut leaf midrib | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Niʔa/niʔau | Sword fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) (Ni'ihau) | (StJ) |
| Mangareva | Nikau | Rib of Coconut frond (I) | (???) |
| Mangareva | Kinau | Nervure centrale de la feuille du cocotier Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Nikau ereʔi | Fleurs du cocotier; ramifications collées et soutenues par l'axe commun de la grappe de coco | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Nikau | Coconut leaf | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Ni/niku/~ko/niku/~vii/niku/ (I) | Rib of coconut leaf. Nervure de la foliole de cocotier. | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Niikau | Palm sp | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Niikau | Coconut frond; palm sp | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Kiikau | Coconut frond | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Niiʔau | Coconut leaf, i.e. the great leaf. Palme de cocotier, folioles de ces palmes, nervures de ces folioles (Lmt). | (Hdy) |
| Tuamotu | Nikaau | Leaflets of coconut frond | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Niau | Coconut leaf...sometimes used as a general term for the coconut tree | (Atn) |
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