Protoform: SEGA.2 [PN] Yellow or yellowish-red; orange

Description: Yellow or yellowish-red; orange
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *sega.1 "blue-crowned lory"; *rega "turmeric", *rega-rega "yellow"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tetenga Yellow (Fbg)
East Futuna Segasega Aurore commençant à poindre (Gzl)
Easter Island Heŋa Brightness; to dawn (Fts)
Easter Island Heŋa/heŋa Reddish; become red (Fts)
Emae Koa se/sega/ Reddish (Cpl)
Luangiua Seŋa Purple, brown; spot (n) (Smd)
Mangareva ʔEʔa mate Jaunisse, jaundice. (Chf)
Mangareva Mi/ʔega Plaie rouge (Rch)
Mangareva ʔEʔa Leucorrhée Borrowed (Chf)
Marquesas Hena/hena (Ua Huka) Jaune, yellow (Chf)
Niue Hega/hega Red light rays at sunrise or sunset (Sph)
Pukapuka Yengayenga Blue, green or yellow (Mta)
Raʔivavae Ma/heʔa/heʔa Light, pale (Zpn)
Rennellese Senga/senga Yellowish-red, as a pimple or a boil (Ebt)
Rotuman Seg/segu Very early morning Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Sega/sega Yellowish (Prt)
Tahitian Heʔa Catégorie de maladies qui comprend entre autres des maladies de peau et les pertes blanches (Lmt)
Takuu Sena Golden, dark yellow, yellowish (Mle)
Takuu S/sena Stain, spot, discoloration (Mle)
Tikopia Senga Yellow, yellowish-red, orange . Yellow (Mbg)
Tokelau Hega/ia Dazzled, blinded Problematic (Sma)
Tuvalu Hega/hega Yellow (Rby)
West Futuna Sega To discolor, change colour, darken, of fruits which brown when exposed to air or warmed on fire (Dty)
West Futuna Seŋa/seŋa To be dusk (Cpl)

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