Protoform: NONO.1 [MP] Small flying insect, sandfly, midge
| Description: | Small flying insect, sandfly, midge |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *naonao “sandfly, midge” |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Nono | Nom d'un petit moucheron blond, roux | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Nono | Small flying insect | (Rch) |
| Ifira-Mele | Piri/gogo | Very small flying insect (gnat, midge, fruit-fly) Phonologically Irregular | (Clk) |
| Marquesas | Nono | Petit moustique de jour; stimuli. Sandfly (Bgs). Moustique, mosquito (Ua Pou, MQS). Moucheron, biting midge. (Atl). Musketoes (Crk). | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Tu/nono | Taches diverses sur la peau (naevi) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Too, no, no | Freckle | (Rbs) |
| Niue | Gogo | An small insect: sandly, small fruitfly (gneerally, all types of very small insects). A small beetls (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Niue | Nono | Small beetle | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Nono | Small night bug | (Sta) |
| Rennellese | Nono | Kind of small fly as on rotten bananas | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Nono | Name of a white ant when, being winged, it swarms | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Nono | Fruitfly | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Nono | Small black flying insect about the size of the sand-fly... | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Nono | Fruit fly | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Nono | Small flying insect | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Nono | Fly . A small fly | (Grn) |
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