Protoform: POGA.2 [NP] Hole, orifice, esp. nostril or other bodily orifice
| Description: | Hole, orifice, esp. nostril or other bodily orifice |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> NP *poga-(a)-isu "nostril" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pongo/i/patu | A hole going through a rock; perforation | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | Poŋa | Snout, nose; nariz, hocico | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Pona | Socket, eyeball, eye socket; hollow left after sweet potato vine has been dug | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bongoo | Hole; door, house (polite) | (Lbr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ponga/ponga | Nostril | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Bongaa | That which is hollow (in compounds) | (Crl) |
| Rarotongan | Ponga | Dent; knot (wood); nick, notch Problematic | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Poga | (Pronounced ponga (sic)) Pubic area | (Ebt) |
| Tikopia | Ponga | Hole, holed; deflowered (of virgin) | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Pongoa | Hole; burrow | (Fth) |
| Tuvalu | Poga | Hole | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Poga-a-mimi | External opening of urethra | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Ponga/vai | Pool of water | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Boŋa/rua | A hole in the rocks where fish are caught; a hole in the ground where taro are planted | (Cpl) |
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