Protoform: PITU [MP] Bamboo

Description:	Bamboo
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:	1 Syn. PPN kofe "bamboo" 4 POC bitu(9) "bamboo sp." (ACD) (LPO III:402) 5 PMP bitu9, pitu9 "bamboo sp." (ACD). 8 Bambusa "presumably introduced from Fiji" (Whistler 1991:104). The lack of other PN cognates suggests this is a Fijian > Tongan borrowing. (Gty)

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Fijian	Bitu	Bamboo	(Cpl)
Tongan	Pitu	Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)	(Whr)
Waya	Bitu	Bamboo spp. (Schizostachym glaucifolium) and (Bambusa vulgaris)	(Ply)

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