Protoform: PALAGI [OC] A surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.)

Description: A surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *bala(k,9)i "Acanthurus and Naso spp." (LPO IV:107).
*8 Note. MAO is regular for South Island dialect (MAS), but note the meaning disparity.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Parangi A kind of fish (Fbg)
East Futuna Palagi Fish sp (Mfr)
East Uvea Palagi A fish (Acanthurus bleekeri [Gunther]) (Rch)
East Uvea Palagi Acanthurus spp., largest growth stage (Rch)
Emae Paragi A Surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.) (Cpl)
Fijian Balagi A fish (Teuthis sp.) (Cpl)
Hawaiian Palani A surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Balangi Fish sp, common tang (Lbr)
Luangiua Palaŋi Flagtail Surgeonfish (Smd)
Luangiua Palangi Fish sp. (black) (Tbs)
Marquesas Peʔaki (MQN), peʔani (MQS) Poisson docteur. Fish species (= Tahitian para`i) (Dln). Chirurgien pourpre à nageoires jaunes; Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Atl). (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Paraki A freshwater fish, (Retropinna retropinna) when adult (Best 1929:177) (Wms)
Niuatoputapu Palangi Fish sp. (Dye)
Nukuoro Balangi Tang (Crl)
Pukapuka Palangi Ringtail Surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii) (McC)
Rarotongan Parangi A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) (Hpr)
Rennellese Pagangi A surgeonfish sp. (Ebt)
Samoan Palagi A surgeonfish sp. when one foot long (Prt)
Sikaiana Palani A fish (Sps)
Tahitian Paraʔi A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus). Poisson-chirurgien, famille des Acanthuridae (Acanthurus bleekeri) et espèces voisines (Lmt). (Hpr)
Takuu Palani A fish (Hwd)
Takuu Parani Blue-dotted Hairtooth Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) and other spp. (Mle)
Tikopia Parangi Surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.) (Fth)
Tokelau A/palani Yellow Surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) (Sma)
Tongan Palangi A fish (Acanthurus sp.) (Hpr)
Vaeakau-Taumako Palangi A surgeonfish (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Helangi A surgeonfish Phonologically Irregular (Hvn)
Waya Balagi Generic for Acanthurus spp.; especially A. xanthopterus (Ply)
West Futuna Paragi A fish (Dty)
West Uvea Palangi Poisson: chirurgien (Acanthuridé) (Hmn)

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