Protoform: PALOLO.A [CP] Balolo worm; season or month when the worm appears
| Description: | Balolo worm; season or month when the worm appears |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *balolo (1) "Leodis viridis, palolo worm", (2) "name of the months when this worm rises" (LPO IV:212). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Palolo | Something that turns the sea red and smells bad | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Palolo | (Palolo viridis) | (Rch) |
| Emae | Paroro | Edible sea worm | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Balolo | Balolo worm | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Paroro | Red or green marine micro-organism with bad smell that affects the sea from time to time | (Clk) |
| Mangaia | Paroro | The month of June to July, when the weather is verydry | (Sta) |
| Mangareva | Pororo | Eighth month (Laval, Dictionnaire de 1908). Epoque qui correspond au mois de juillet; rafales, vents impétueux auprès des montagnes | (Rch) |
| Niue | Palolo | Balolo sea-worm (not known to occur in Niue, but known from Samoa). A variety of flying-fish (McE). | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Paroro | 1st and 2nd month in the pre-Christian calendar | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Paroro | Small fish sp | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Paroro | The cold months of a year | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Palolo | Small, whitish, edible crab on land and sea Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Paroro | A kind of sea-worm Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Palolo | Balolo worm | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Vaai/palolo | Wet season, beginning September-October | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Paroro | Balolo worm. ?? Problematic | (???) |
| Tongan | Palolo | Balolo worm | (Cwd) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Palolo | Small, grey seabird with long beak, walking in groups on the beach Problematic | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Balolo | Sea annelid (Eunice sp.); balolo worm | (Ply) |
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