Protoform: PEWA [PN] Crescent-shaped object
| Description: | Crescent-shaped object |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fijian | Bewa | Ten bunches of bananas | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Pewa | Tail of fish, shrimp, lobster, rectangular patch or wedge used for mending bowls, clump/group, as of trees neara forest | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Peva | Qui pend | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pewa | Anything bow-shaped, eyebrow, new moon, perch of a kind of bird-snare; raise the eyebrows | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Peva | Tail fin of various fish spp. | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Peva | Crescent-shaped (as moon, or tail of Peva fish (Carangoides ferdau)); a protruding part on the edge of an object | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Peva | The edge of an object; name of a fish (Carangoides gilberti) Problematic | (Bge) |
| Samoan | Peva | Kind of sea-cucumber | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Ma/peva | Twisted, sprained (of an ankle) | (McP) |
| Takuu | Peva | Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Peva | Kind of soft sea-cucumber about 2 metres long | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Peva | Marine creature which collapses like empty tube when removed from water | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Pa/peva, ta/peva | To sprain one's ankle | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Peva | Limb of the new moon | (Stn) |
| Waya | Bewa | (Ridge dividing the two sides of) the roof of a gabled house Borrowed | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Pwewa | Liver Problematic | (Cpl) |
16 entries found
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