Protoform: PULAPULA [OC] Propagation material for root crops

Description: Propagation material for root crops
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*0 >> TA *koo-pura.1 "seed tubers"
*1 Cf. EP *purapura "descendant"
*4 POC *(m)pula(m)pula "seed yams, seedling" (Fwt. 1983).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Purapura/ivae Anklebone Problematic (Fbg)
East Futuna Pulapula Seed yam, taro (Mfr)
East Uvea Pulapula Semences en general (Btn)
Easter Island Purapura Descendant (Fts)
Fijian Vuravura Shoots or suckers of Sugarcane Problematic (Cpl)
Hawaiian Pulapula Seedlings, sprouts, cuttings; descendant, offspring (Pki)
Luangiua Pulapula Young shoot (Smd)
Mangareva Purapura Seed; members of same family (Jnu)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Puraka purapura Top of leaves which was replanted (Bck)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Purapura uri Planted coconut (Bck)
New Zealand Maori Purapura Tubers used for seed (Bgs)
Nukuoro Bulabula Testicles Problematic (Crl)
Penrhyn Purapura Young coconut tree stage... (Sta)
Pukapuka Pulapula Young coconut plants (Mta)
Rapa Purapura Yam (Grn)
Rarotongan Purapura Seedling (Bse)
Samoan Pulapula A slice of yam to cook or plant (Prt)
Sikaiana Pulapula Offspring whose physical features resemble their male genitor (Dnr)
Takuu Purapura Cutting or seedling of a plant (Mle)
Tikopia Purapura Seedling (Fth)
Tikopia Pupura Seed material such as taro tops (Fth)
Tokelau Pulapula Coconut seedling; human foetus (Sma)
Tongan Pulopula Seed, seedling, seed yams (Cwd)
Tuvalu Pulapula Young Coconut palm (Rby)
West Futuna Pá/pura, x/pura (WFU), po/pra (ANI) To plant Problematic (Cpl)
West Futuna H/pura To plant, cover seeds (or other crops such as roots) with earth (Dty)
West Futuna Pura Enfoncer plant (Rve)
West Uvea Pulapula Bouture pour planter; semences; igname de semence (Hmn)

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