Protoform: RAAKAU.1 [EP] A phase of the moon (full moon and/or third quarter); a series of nights of the lunar cycle (following the middle period).
Description: | A phase of the moon (full moon and/or third quarter); a series of nights of the lunar cycle (following the middle period). |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Easter Island | Rakau | 17th night of month | (Mtx) |
Easter Island | Raakau | Full moon | (Fts) |
Hawaiian | Laaʔau- | Night of the moon, eighteenth to twentieth nights (Laa'au Kuu Kahi, Laa'au Kuu Lua, Laa'au Pau) | (Pki) |
Mangareva | Raakau | La 19ième nuit de la lune (Buck). | (Rch) |
Mangareva | O/rakau | 17th night of the moon (Laval). 18th night (Aud). | (Rch) |
Marquesas | Akau | Nom du 19e jour de la lune | (Dln) |
Marquesas | Akau (MQN), O/akau (MQS) | 19th night of the lunar cycle | (Aud) |
New Zealand Maori | Raakau- | Night of the moon, seventeenth to eighteenth nights | (Wms) |
Penrhyn | Raakau | The 18th to the 20th night of the lunar calendar | (Sta) |
Rarotongan | Raakau- | Sixteenth to eighteenth nights of the moon | (Bse) |
Tahitian | Raʔau hoʔee | 18th night of lunar cycle | (Kvt) |
Tahitian | Raʔau roto | 19th night of lunar cycle | (Kvt) |
Tahitian | Raʔau faa faʔaoti | 20th night of lunar cycle | (Kvt) |
Tuamotu | Raakau | In several nights of the lunar cycle (9-10, 20-22). Nights of waning moon (18-20 or 19-21; 22-24 (Napuka) (Aud). | (Stn) |
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