Protoform: SINA-SINA [CE] A plant

Description: A plant
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *sina.1 "grey- or white-haired"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Hinahina Various plant spp.. (Heliotropium anomalum) (Whistler 1992) (Pki)
Mangareva ʔInaʔina Nom d'un arbrisseau (Heliotropum anomalum) (Rch)
Moriori Hinihina = MAO hinahina (Wms) (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Hinahina Ngaati Porou name for maahoe, a tree known as whitey-wood from the colour of the bark (Bgs)

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