Protoform: PULE.1 [MP] Cowrie shell
| Description: | Cowrie shell |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *buli(q) "generic for cowries" (LPO IV:185). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pure. Puure (Fbg). | Cowrie sp. | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Pule | Cowrie shells (I) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Pule | Pule. :Cowrie | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Pure | Sea-snail with a dark and shiny shell | (Fts) |
| Emae | Pure | Small cowrie | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Buli | Cowrie-shell | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Puule/ho | Cowrie Problematic | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Pulepule | Cowrie Problematic | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Pule | Cowrie shell. White cowrie shell (Ovula ovum) (Hbn). | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Pue. Puʔe (Atl). | Shellfish species. Coquillage, genre de porcelaine (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Púwe | An instrument made of the tyger shell to scrape off the rind of the breadfruit | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Pure | Flat side of scallop shell | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pure | Bivalve molluscs (Notovola novaezelandiae) and other Pectinidae | (Wms) |
| Nggela | Mbuli | Cowrie | (Fox) |
| Niue | Pule | Cowrie shell (Cypraea sp.) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Pure | Mussel | (Ray) |
| Nuguria | Pure | Shellfish sp.: Cowrie | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Pure (kivakiva) | Pearl Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Bule. Pune (Chr). | Cowry shell spp.; vertebra | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Bule | Cowry | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Pule/pule | Type of marine shell | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Pule/pule | Cowrie | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Puge | Cowries | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Pure | Cowrie | (Cwd) |
| Saʔa | Puli | Cowrie-shell | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Pule | Cowrie | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Pule | Cowrie | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Pure | Cowry shell (Cypraea spp.); general name for inedible molluscs | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Pule | Cowrie Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Pure | Shells (Gaimard) Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Pule | Cowrie | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Pule | Cowrie | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Pule | (Pila conica) [Gray] | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hau/pule | Shellfish, Monetaria moneta [money cowry] | (Lch) |
| Waya | Bulibuli | Cowry shells | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Pure (ANI) | Shell. Cowrie shell spp. (Clk). | (Dty) |
36 entries found
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