Protoform: QUGA [AN] Hermit crab sp

Description: Hermit crab sp
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:

*0 >> MQ *uga-uga
*1 Cf. PN *quga-koa "shellfish sp. (Vermetidae)"
*4 POC *qumwa9 (1) "generic for hermit crabs" ?(2) "generic for hermit and coconut crabs" (LPO IV:170).
*5 PMP *quma9 (Dbl.*kuma9) "hermit crab" (Bst.1980).
*6 PAN *quma9 "hermit crab" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Unga Small hermit crab (often used as bait for *tiiti* fishing from the beach) (Fbg)
East Futuna ʔUga Hermit crab (Mfr)
East Uvea ʔUga Hermit Crab (Rch)
Emae Uga Hermit Crab (Clk) (Cpl)
Fijian Uga Hermit crab spp (Cpl)
Hawaiian Una/una Hermit crabs in general (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Uga Hermit Crab (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Unga Hermit crab (Lbr)
Luangiua Uŋa. ʔUga (Sar). Hermit crab (Tbs)
Mangareva Uga Bernard-l'hermite, pagure (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Vaevae unga Long pointed shells inhabited by hermit crabs (Bck)
Marquesas Uka/uka Hermite, mollusque qui sert d'amorce aux pêcheurs; petits du homard (Dln)
Marquesas Uka/uka (NKH), una (Ua Huka, Fatu Hiva) Bernard-l'hermite, hermit crab (Chf)
Niue Uga Coconut crab (Birgus latro) (Sph)
Niue Uga/uga A sea-dwelling hermit crab (Wbr)
Niue Uga/mea A land-dwelling hermit crab (Sph)
Nukuoro Unga Hermit crab (Crl)
Penrhyn Unga Hermit crab (general) (Sta)
Pukapuka Unga Hermit crab (Bge)
Pukapuka Unga/unga Small size of coconut crab (kaveu) (Mta)
Rarotongan Unga Eupagurus bernhardus (Bse)
Rarotongan Unga/kaveu Pagarus latro (coconut or robber crab) (Bse)
Rennellese ʔUnga Hermit crab, (Coenobita olivieri) (Ebt)
Samoan Uga General name for hermit-crabs (Mnr) (Prt)
Sikaiana Una Hemit crab (Dnr)
Tahitian Uʔa fenua Bernard-l'hermite terrestre, coenobite (Coenobita perlatus) (Lmt)
Tahitian Uʔa Bernard-l'hermite, pagure (Lmt)
Tahitian Uʔa vaahi haʔari Crabe de cocotier (Birgus latro) (Lmt)
Takuu Una Hermit crab; types of shell occupied by hermit crabs (Mle)
Tikopia Uga Hermit crab (Fth)
Tokelau Uga Hermit-crabs (Coenobita spp.) in general (Sma)
Tokelau Uga/uga Coconut crab (Birgus sp.) (Sma)
Tongan ʔUnga Large hermit crab (Cwd)
Tuamotu Uŋa Hermit crab sp (Stn)
Tuvalu Uga Shellfish sp.; crab sp (Rby)
Tuvalu Uga/uga Small coconut crab before reaching maturity (Jsn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Unga Sandcrab (small type); hermit crab (Ray); hermit crab, snail (Hvn) (Ray)
Vaeakau-Taumako Uga/uga Shell of hermit crab (Hvn)
West Futuna Uga Crab sp (Dty)
West Uvea Uunga Crabe: pagure rougeatre non-id. (Hmn)

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