Protoform: PEKA.1 [OC] Fruit bat, flying-fox
| Description: | Fruit bat, flying-fox |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *peka-peka.1 "small bat, swiftlet" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Peka | Bat, particularly flying-fox; a poor or impoverished man | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Peka | Flying-fox | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Peka | Flying-fox | (Rch) |
| Emae | Peka | Flying-fox | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Beka | Bat n | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Peʔa(peʔa) | Hawai`ian Bat (Lasiurus semotus) | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Peʔa | Flying fox | (Smd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Peka/peka | Bat (Animal) | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Peka | Bat (animal) | (Dye) |
| Niue | Peka | Flying fox, fruit bat (Pteropus sp.); to cling | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Peka | Bat (generic); flying fox (caught and eaten) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Peka | A bat | (Crn) |
| Rarotongan | Peka | Swiftlet (Collocalia sp.) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Peka | Flying-fox, pteropus tonganus | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Peʔa | Bat, flying-fox | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Peka | Flying-fox | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Peka | Flying-fox | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Peka | Large Fruit bat (Pteropus) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Peka | Bat, flying-fox | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Peca | A apecies of bat, the vespertilio vampyrus | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Peka | Flying fox | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Bekwa | Generic term for bats | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Peka | Flying-fox | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Peka | Roussette (Pteropus ornatus) | (Hmn) |
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