Protoform: PUA.B [EP] To flower; flower, blossom: *pua(pua)
| Description: | To flower; flower, blossom: *pua(pua) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian |
| Notes: | *8 PPN *pua.a "a tree with a white, showy, blossom (Fagraea berteriana)" becomes PEP *pua.b "flower". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pua | Flower. Any plant that bears a flower; to flower (Fbg). Problematic | (Yen) |
| East Uvea | Pua/pua | Fleurir (en parlant du kape); floraison du kape | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Pua | Flower | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Pua | Flower, blossom | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bua | Flower | (Ray) |
| Luangiua | Pua/kolo | Creeper sp. | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Pua | Flowers. Fleur d'un arbre (Fagraea), aussi le terme générique pour fleur (Rch). | (Jnu) |
| Mangareva | Pua/pua | Fleurir | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pua ni | Male flowers of coconut | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Pua | Flower (I). Fleur en général, corolle, fleurir (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Pua/ha. Pu(ʔ)a/ha (Atl). | S'épanouir, s'ouvrir, éclore (en parlant des fleurs); éclairé, découvert Problematic | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Pua | Flower | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pua | Flower | (Wms) |
| Niue | Pua | Bud (of flower); to bud | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Pua | To bloom | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Pua | Flowering of plants, starting to bear fruit | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Pua | Flower. Flowers (Grn). | (MCl) |
| Rarotongan | Pua | Flower, blossom | (Bse) |
| Sikaiana | Pua/pua | To blossom, of haahaa (taro), pasai (turmeric), kapulaka (taro). | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Pua | S'épanouir, s'ouvrir (fleur) | (Lmt) |
| Tongan | Puo/pua | (Of kape) To have reached the stage at which it is flowering | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Pua | Blossom out, flower | (Stn) |
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