Protoform: PUKA [RO] A tree (Hernandia peltata) or (Pisonia grandis)

Description: A tree (Hernandia peltata) or (Pisonia grandis)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to RO: RO
Notes:

*0 >> PN *puka-tea, SO *puka-vai, *puka-waka
*3 PEO *puka (Gty. 1983).
*3 PROC *buka "taxon of littoral trees, including Pisonia spp. and Gyrocarpus americanus" (LPO III:168)
*8 Note. (Pisonia umbellifera) is apparently the tree most generally denoted by *mpuka in NCV (note also Bislama nambuka), whereas the use for Gyrocarpus is restricted to the Efate group (Clk).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Puko pakatangia A kind of tree with fairly soft and very light wood, from which model canoes and outrigger floats are made (Hernandia peltata) Problematic (Fbg)
East Futuna Puka (Hernandia peltata) (Mfr)
East Uvea Puko A tree (Hernandia peltata) (Rch)
Emae Puka (Gyrocarpus americanus) (Clk) (Cpl)
Emae Puka pipiri A tree (Pisonia umbellifera) (Clk) (Cpl)
Fijian Buka ni vuda Tree sp. (Guioa rhoifolia) (Cupania roifolia) (Hkt) (Cpl)
Gilbertese Buka (Pisonia grandis) (Whr)
Ifira-Mele Puka Canoe Tree (Gyrocarpus americanus) (Clk)
Ifira-Mele Puka maapulu A tree (Pisonia umbellifera) (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Buge (Pisonia grandis) (Lbr)
Luangiua Puʔa Pisonia grandis (Tbs)
Luangiua Pua Large tree, soft wood (Smd)
Mangareva Puka/maga Nom d'un arbre qui pousse dans la montagne (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Puka Tree name (Sve)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Puka/ama Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (McC)
Marquesas Puka Espece d'arbre (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Puka (Meryta sinclairii), (Eugenia maire) (Wms)
Nguna Na/puka/ A tree (Gyrocarpus sp.) (Clk)
Niuafoʔou Puko Tree sp. Borrowed (Dye)
Niue Puka Tree sp. (Hernandia ovigera) (Sph)
Nukuoro Buga (Pisonia grandis) (Crl)
Nukuoro Buga/liaa Tree sp., Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) (Crl)
Penrhyn Puka ama Sea hearse, Chinese Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaefolia) (Sta)
Pukapuka Puka (Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbellifera) (Bge); tree sp. (Pisonia grandis) (Sby)
Pukapuka Puka/ama Lantern Tree (Hernandia mymphaeifolia) (McC)
Rapa Puka A tree (Hernandia ovigera) (Sks)
Rarotongan Puka (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (McC)
Rarotongan Puka/puka Coastal tree...(Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbraculifera) (Bse)
Rennellese Puka (Pisonia grandis (Ebt)
Rotuman Puka Creepers of various kinds Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Puʔa Large coastal tree (Hernandia sp.); (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (Whr) (Mnr)
Samoan Puʔa/puʔa Large coastal tree (Guettarda sp.) (Mnr)
Sikaiana Puka A tree sp (Dnr)
Takuu Puka Tree sp. (Pisonia grandis) (Mle)
Tikopia Puka (Hernandia peltata) (Fth)
Tikopia Puka vini Tree sp. (Hernandia ovigera) (Fth)
Tokelau Puka A tree (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (Whr)
Tokelau Puka-kakai (Pisonia grandis) (Sma)
Tongan Puko Hernandia; (Pisonia grandis) (Cwd)
Tuamotu Puka (Pisonia umbelifera) ?, (Pisonia grandis) ?. Pisonia grandis (Sct). (Stn)
Tuvalu Puka A tree (Pisonia grandis) (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Puka Tree, sometimes quite big, with leaves used as cabbage (Hvn)
West Futuna Puka A kind of native cabbage (Dty)
West Uvea Puka Arbre dont on mange les feuilles (Pisonia grandis) (Hmn)

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