Protoform: QUTO [OC] Sprouting coconut, containing sweet, spongy kernel
| Description: | Sprouting coconut, containing sweet, spongy kernel |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *qutok, *quto- "brain, pith, marrow" (LPO III:374). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | ʔUto | Cervelle ; sprouting coconut | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | ʔUto | Cerveau, cervelle; spongy mass in sprouting coconut | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Utu/hau | The core of the hauhau tree (Fts Problematic | (Fts) |
| Emae | Uto | Sprouting coconut | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Uto- | Heart; breadfruit | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Uto | Coconut with edible husk | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Uda | Small coconut with sweet edible husk | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | (ʔ)Uko | Sprouting coconut; grown coconut | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Uko ŋiu | Spongy inner part young coconut | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Uto, ʔoto | Spongy egg in old coconuts. Pomme qui se forme dans les cocos secs; le cerveau. | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Uto | Sprouted coconut; absorbing organ of the coconut | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | ʔEhi uto | Coco germé, le germe non apparent | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Uto | Bosse, tumeur, furoncle, abcès, enflure; coco germé | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Uto (MQN) | Furoncle, boil | (Chf) |
| Niue | Uto/uto | Verbal intensifier used with momoho [ripe] and kula [red] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Uto | Sprouting coconut | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Uto | Coconut seedling | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Udo | Soft wood around centre of tree trunk | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Uto | Sprouting coconut; spongy stuff contained in germinated coconut | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Uto | Pith of sprouting coconut | (Lmt) |
| Pukapuka | Uto | Sprouting coconut | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Uto | Sprouting coconut | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | ʔUto | Sponge, of coconut | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Uto | Spongy substance in old coconut | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Uto | Sprouting coconut | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Uto | Substance spongieuse et huileuse qui prend la place de l'eau dans les noix de coco germées; noix de coco germée. A cocoanut in a state of vegetation (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Ito | Sprouting coconut. ?? | (???) |
| Takuu | Uto | Coconut embryo, which is round, spongy and sweet to the taste | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Uso | Spongy interior of germinating coconut Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Uto | Germinating coconut; young sprout of, or spongy growth inside, germinating coconut | (Sma) |
| Tongan | ʔUto | Sprouting coconut; brain | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ooto | The brain; the cocoanut, when it is in the act of germinating | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | U/uto/ | Sprouting coconut | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Uto | Mature nut, when sprouted | (Atn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uto | Germinating coconut, spongy interior of germinating coconut | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uto/uto | Fat (n) | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Uto | Sweet coconut | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | To/uto niu | Boule spongieuse dans noix germée | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Uto | Coco sucre | (Hmn) |
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