Protoform: PEKA-PEKA.1 [CP] Swiftlet, small bat

Description: Swiftlet, small bat
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific
Notes:

*0 >> CE *koo-peka "swiftlet"
*1 Cf. PN *peka.1 "fruit bat, flying-fox"
*2 PCP *beka-beka "small insectivorous, cave-dwelling bat; swiftlet" (LPO IV:237,334).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Pekapeka Petite chauve-souris (Gzl)
East Uvea Pekapeka Espece de petite hirondelle (Btn)
Easter Island Pepeka Dragonfly Problematic (Kvt)
Emae Pekapeka White-rumped Swiftlet and other spp. (Cpl)
Fijian Bekabeka(nicagi) White-rumped Swiftlet, Aerodramus spodiopygius (Lau dialect) (Gty)
Hawaiian (ʔOo)peʔa-peʔa Bat (Ebt)
New Zealand Maori Pekapeka Bat (Wms)
Niue Pekapeka White-rumped Swiftlet ICollocalia spodiopygia) (Sph)
Rennellese Pekapeka Glossy swiftlet, (Collocalia esculenta desiderata) (Ebt)
Samoan Peʔapeʔa White-rumped swiftlet, (collocalia sp.) (Prt)
Tongan Pekepeka White-rumped Swiftlet (Cwd)
Tongan Beca-beca The swallow (a bird) (Mar)
Vaeakau-Taumako Pekapeka Swiftlet . Small flying fox (Grn)
West Futuna Pekapeka Small variety of flying fox (Cpl)
West Uvea Pekapeka Chauve-souris [Muli Dialect] (Hmn)

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