Protoform: REGA [MP] Turmeric (prepared)
| Description: | Turmeric (prepared) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *rega-rega "yellow" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Renga | Turmeric dye | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Lega | Barbouiller avec un couleur un bois qu'un veut joindre a un autre Problematic | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Lega | Turmeric. Poudre jaune extrait extraite de la racine de l'*ago* (Curcuma). | (Rch) |
| Emae | Rega | A tree with fruit used to make a yellow paint | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Re/rega/ | Turmeric | (Cpl) |
| Gilbertese | Renga | (Curcuma longa) | (Whr) |
| Luangiua | A(a)/leŋa | Red dye | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Kea/leŋa | Turmeric | (Tbs) |
| Mangareva | Rega | (Curcuma longa). Plante: safran des Indes (Curcuma longa) (Zingiberacées) (Rch). | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | ʔEka (MQN), ʔena (MQS) | Turmeric. Safran d'Océanie, gingembre (Curcuma) (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | ʔEka puhi, ʔeka pui | Gingembre sauvage (Amomum zingiber) | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Enga booe | Ginger | (Rbs) |
| Marquesas | E/rigah | Tummerick | (Rbs) |
| Marquesas | Áika, áina | Ginger | (Crk) |
| Mota | Re/renga/ | Yolk of egg | (Cdn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Renga/renga | Anthropodium cirrhatum, a plant. ("rhizome and broadly strap-like leaves" (Gdr)) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Renga/mutu | Tetragonia expansa, New Zealand Spinach | (Wms) |
| Nguna | Na/tetega/ | Turmeric | (Stz) |
| Niue | Ega | To be rosy; overripe | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Lenga | Turmeric | (Ray) |
| Nuguria | Rena | Turmeric powder (kaauna) mixed with water and flowers | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Kaa/rena | Turmeric powder | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Lenga | A preparation made from ango and doi doi. Ginger (Crn). | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Lenga | Turmeric (known only from old chants) | (Sby) |
| Rapa | Rea(rea) | The herb ginger from TAH Problematic | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Renga | The aboriginally introduced turmeric (Curcuma longa) | (Whr) |
| Rennellese | Genga | Prepared turmeric | (Ebt) |
| Saʔa | Renga | Decorate with black, white and red designs | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Lega | Ginger, turmeric. Medicinal preparation made from powdered ginger and coconut oil (McP). | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kaa/lena | Turmeric powder (traditionally used for adornment; made from the ano plant) | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Rea | Ginger, turmeric | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Reʔa maaʔohi | Safran des Indes (Cucurma longa), utilisé comme épice | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Reʔa mooruru | Gingembre (Zingiber zerumbet), perfume les cheveux | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Reʔa tinitoo | Gingembre (Zingiber officinalis), épice | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Rena | Type of ano plant producing a yellow powder made into turmeric dye | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Renga | Tumeric pigment, used ritually for decoration... | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Lega | Yolk of egg, turmeric | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Enga | Turmeric made from root of ango, curcuma longa | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Enga | Turmeric | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Reŋa | Turmeric | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Rea | Curcuma longa | (Atn) |
| Tupuaki | Rea moeruru | Zingiber zerumbet | (Atn) |
| Tuvalu | Lega | Yellow ointment from Samoa or Rotuma Problematic | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lenga | (Turmeric plant used for making) custom powder | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Re(re)gwa | Turmeric | (Ply) |
| West Uvea | Lenga | Plante indigène: (Curcuma longa) | (Hmn) |
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