Protoform: PAPA.1B [PN] Flat hard surface; flat, level (adj).
| Description: | Flat hard surface; flat, level (adj). |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Papa | Any hard, flat surface, e.g. the top of a plank | (Fbg) |
| East Uvea | Papa | Etre plat, sans bosse | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Papa | Flat stone; shelf in the bottom of the sea | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Papa | Flat hard surface | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Papa | Earth (as opposed to sky); flat expanse | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Paapaa | Roches plates sous terre ou en mer sensés très étendues; assises de *verota* [granit]; fondation | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Papa/papa | Bas, qui a peu d'élévation; abaissé, humilié | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Papa | Bassin, hanche; pelvis, hip | (Chf) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Papa | Rock; lower stratum; floor. The raised wall of dead coral (round coral islands) (Sve). | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Papa | Flat surface (i). Plate-forme, pont, étage, étagère; assiette, plat (Lch). Platin coralien; flat part of the reef (Atl). Flat, level (Crk). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Papa/keʔa | Ferme, solide, résistant | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Páppa | Flat, level | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Papa | Foundation. Bottom (of canoe); earth; trail | (Bke) |
| New Zealand Maori | Papa | Anything broad, flat and hard; flat rock, slab | (Wms) |
| Niue | Papa | To sit (on the flat ground); floor-mat (made from wide, unsplit pandanus leaves)l solid (with a flat base); to be hit flat, to be hit full square (completely, absolutely, exactly) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Papa | Flat and hard rock in the sea | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Baba | Level (not bumpy), any sort of flat base, the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc. | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Pa/papa | Flat | (Crn) |
| Nukuoro | Papa/papa | Low | (Crn) |
| Penrhyn | Papa | Flat; appeased, subsided; tidy, well combed; to list up; layered coral rocks; flat stone structure... | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Paapaa | Flat, wide | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Papa | Hard bedrock that rises above water at certain times | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Papa | Flat hard surface | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Papa | Flat (board, rock, etc.) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Papa | Big flat rocks found in the reef | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Paapaa | Very flat | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Papa | Roche corallienne en plaque; omoplate; bassin, hanche. A flat stone; a rock, a stratum of rock (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Ppaa | Flat surface, floor of a house, flat rock, reef flat | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Ppaa | Part of loom: cloth-beam; scraping-board | (Hwd) |
| Tikopia | Papa | Flat; flat surface of various kinds (plank, sky, earth, bottom of sea) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Papa | Flat | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Papa | Flat hard surface | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Papa | Flat ledge of rock | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Papa/hia | Utensil on which poi is made | (Atn) |
| Tuvalu | Papa | Flat rock, flat part of reef | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | (Pa)paa | District, village part, land belonging to a clan Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Paa/papa | Base volcanic rock | (Grn) |
| West Futuna | Papa | Broad mushroom-like coral formation, star coral; grater | (Dty) |
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