Protoform: SAKU-LAA [MP] Swordfish
| Description: | Swordfish |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *haku "garfish", *laa "sail" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Te kura | Black marlin Phonologically Irregular | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Takura | Marlin; swordfish | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Sakulaa | Swordfish, garfish (I) | (Bgs) |
| East Futuna | Sakulaa | Fish (Makaira spp.) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Hakulaa | A fish (Makaira mazara) [Jordan & Snyder] | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Saku | Swordfish (Makaira sp.) | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Sakula | A deep-sea fish | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Sakulaya | The swordfish | (Hzd) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagulaa | Sailfish, (Istiophorus albicans) | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagulaa-dagua | Swordfish, (Xiphias gladius) | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Saʔulaa | Southern Marlin | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Soula | Sword fish | (Tbs) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Hakura | Sawfish | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Hakuʔaa. Hakuʔa, haʔuʔa (Lch). | (Makaira sp.). Marlin, espadon, poisson de la famille des istiophoridés (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Hakuna moana | (Chanos chanos) | (Lvs) |
| Marquesas | ʔAkuʔa | Marlin, espadon, poisson de la famille des istiophoridés | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hakuraa | Scamperdown whale | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Haku | Kingfish (Seriola grandis) Problematic | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Hakulaa | Fish sp. | (Dye) |
| Niue | Haku(laa) | Swordfish | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Hakuraa | Fish sp., sailfish | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Sagulaa | Sailfish, marlin | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Sakuraa | Swordfish ; Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara) and other marlin species | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | Akulaa | Swordfish, sailfish, marlin spp. Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | Haʔuraa | Swordfish, black marlin | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAkuraa | Swordfish | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Akuraa taamaru | Pacific Sailfish (Istophorus orientalis) | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Saʔulaa | Swordfish | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Saʔul/ele | Sawfish | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Sakulaa | Swordfish | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Haʔuraa | (Xiphias gladius). Espadon (Makaira alleida) (Lmt). | (Rdl) |
| Tahitian | Haʔu/repe | Poisson-voilier (Istiophorus platypterus) | (Bct) |
| Takuu | Sakuraa | General term for swordfish, sailfish, marlin | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Sakura | Sailfish (Istiphorus platypthurus) or (I. gladius) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hakulaa | (Xiphias gladius) and other swordfish spp. | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Hakulaa | Swordfish | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Hakuraa | Black marlin | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Hakura/u | Black marlin | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Hakulaa | Swordfish | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Akula | Swordfish | (Hvn) |
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