Protoform: PAU.3 [FJ] Tree sp

Description: Tree sp
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*0 >> PN *mana-pau, *pou-muri
*2 PCP *bau "hardwood taxon"
*4 POC *bau "hardwood taxon". May be identical with POC *bou "Fagraea sp." (LPO III:204)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Pau Plant spp. (1) (Pandanus dubius), (2) (Pipturus argenteus) (Fbg)
Fijian Bau Tree with edible fruit and beautiful red-brown wood used to make canoes, boxes; (Sapotaceae sp.); also (Pittosporum brackenridgei) (Cpl)
Rennellese Pau (Planchonella sp.) (Ebt)
Samoan Pau Name of a tree from which clubs are made. (Manilkara samoensis) (Whr). (Prt)
Tuvalu Pau (Guettarda speciosa) ; (Mammea glauca) (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Pao Big tree with edible fruit seeds Phonologically Irregular (Hvn)
Waya Bau A tree, prob. (Sapotaceae sp.) (Ply)

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