Protoform: QAAFUA [PN] Sandbank forming a shoal
| Description: | Sandbank forming a shoal |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *qafu.2 "heap up; a heap or raised place" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Afu/a | Banc de sable dans la mer; partie du rivage laissée à marée basse, grève | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Aahua/one | Sandbank | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Aahua | Heap. mound, hillock | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Maka/ahua | Sandy spit | (Smd) |
| Nuguria | Aahua | Shoal, rocks near reef exposed at low tide, place where the sea breaks and waves slow down (part of tuaakau); long straight stripes of rock on the outer side of some islands | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Ahu | Islet | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Aahua | Small islet | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | Aaua | Shoal, sandbank | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | ʔAahua | Resting-place of sea birds (as stone, reef) | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Aahua | Un endroit du lagon rempli de corail ou les embarcations ne peuvent pas passer | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Afua | Shoal; rocks near reef exposed at low tide | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Aahua | Shoal, rocks near reef exposed at low tide; long, straight finger of rock which was once part of the land | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Afua | Reef shelf | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kau/aafua | Sandbank, coral islet | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Afua | Shoal, sandbank under the sea | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Ahuua | An elevated place on shore exposed to the breaking waves | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Aafua | Small, bare island | (Rby) |
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