Protoform: OFAGA [EO] Birdnest

Description: Birdnest
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*0 >> CE *koo-faga
*2 PCP *ova "nest" (LPO IV:280).
*3 Cf. PEO *opa "nest" (Cashmore 1969)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Ofaga Nid d'un animal quelconque (Gzl)
Easter Island Hoŋaʔa Nest Phonologically Irregular (Fts)
Emae Ofaga Nest (of bird or animal) (Cpl)
Fijian Sova The nest of some birds; a large, round, basket (Cpl)
New Zealand Maori Oowhanga Nest (Wms)
Nggela Ova Hollow, open wide (Fox)
Niue Oofaga Roosting-place Borrowed (Sph)
Nuguria Ohana Nest (Dvl)
Nukumanu H/ohana Nest (Trt)
Samoan Oofaga Nest (Prt)
Sikaiana Oohana Nest (Dnr)
Takuu Ofana Nest (Hwd)
Takuu Ohana Bird nest (Mle)
Tokelau Oofaga Nest, brood (n); to nest, lay eggs in a nest (Sma)
Tongan H/oofanga/hau Quiver for arrows (Cwd)
Tuvalu Ofaga Nest (of birds only) (Rby)
West Futuna Faŋa Bed; pig's bed (Cpl)

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