Protoform: QALAWA [OC] Shark sp
| Description: | Shark sp |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *xarawa "kind of large shark", PFJ *karawa "(Isurus)" (Gty.1990b). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | (ʔAga) ʔalava | Nom de poisson (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Yalawa | Shark sp | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Karawa | Isurus | (Gty) |
| Kapingamarangi | Alawa | Fish sp, shark sp | (Lbr) |
| Mangareva | Mago ʔarava | Requin citron (Negaprion acutidens) | (Bct) |
| Marquesas | Aʔava | Fish species | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | ʔAʔava | Requin citron (Negaprion acutidens) | (Bct) |
| New Zealand Maori | Arawa | Shark sp. . Also a name of one of the founding canoes | (Bgs) |
| Nukuoro | Alava | Fish sp., shark variety? | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Aarava | Kind of shark with white-tipped fins, dangerous (Carcharinus albimarginatus) | (Sta) |
| Rennellese | ʔAgaba | Large shark sp., probably black-tip or mullet shark . (C.Melanopterus) | (Gty) |
| Rotuman | ʔArava | Shark sp. Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Alava/ʔula | Shark sp. | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Alava | Shark sp., very large and man-eating | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | ʔArava. Maʔo ʔaarava (Bct). | Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens) [ruppell] | (Rdl) |
| Tahitian | Arava | The larger sort of cuttle fish; a large species of star fish, with four long and four short rays Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Arava | Type of shark which excretes a yellow, apparently glowing substance when hooked; to be brownish, yellowish-orange | (Mle) |
| Tongan | ʔAlava | Shark sp | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Arava | Voracious, man-eating shark sp. Requin citron (Negaprion acutidens) (Bct). | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Alava | (C. longiamus) | (Rby) |
| Waya | Yalawa | Shark sp | (Ply) |
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