Protoform: PULELE-FUA [MP] Moth, butterfly

Description: Moth, butterfly
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> SO *lelefua, TO *lefio
*5 PMP *bulajlaj "Rüssel" (Dpf. 1938).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Pulelehua Butterfly, moth (Pki)
Mangareva Purereʔue Animal de petite taille Problematic (Rch)
Marquesas Puehua Sort de gros papillon nocturne (Dln)
Marquesas Puhweúa A moth (Crk)
Marquesas Buehúa A butterfly (Crk)
Moriori Purehurehu Butterfly (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Puure(re)hua Moth (Wms)
Rarotongan Pure(re)ʔua Large moth sp. (Sve)
Tahitian Puurehua Papillon de nuit (Chromis erotus) (Lmt)
Tahitian Purehua A species of large snail Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dvs)
Tupuaki Purehua Chaerocampa erotus and other moths (Atn)

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