Protoform: POGA.1 [PN] A tree fern (Cyathea sp.)

Description: A tree fern (Cyathea sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *pona "knot, joint, swelling"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Poga Hair cut short leaving only top Problematic (Mfr)
East Uvea Poga A tree with black timber (Btn)
Moriori Kaakaa/ponga Black fern (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Ponga A tree fern (Cyathea dealbata) (Wms)
Niue Pango Fern sp. (Cyclosorus invisus) Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
Rarotongan Ponga A tree fern (Cyathea dealbata) ; knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent (Sve)
Rarotongan Panga Native tree ferns (Cyathea spp.) Phonologically Irregular (Whr)
Samoan Paoga A tree fern (Alsophila lunulata) . (Cyathea spp.) (Whr)
Tongan Ponga Cyathea lunulata (Whr)
Tuvalu Pago Plant sp., a rush (Cyperus odoratus) Phonologically Irregular (Rby)
West Uvea Panggo Fougère épiphyte (Platycerium grande) Phonologically Irregular (Hmn)

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