Protoform: SISI.2 [MP] Univalve mollusc, snail-like, perhaps generic
| Description: | Univalve mollusc, snail-like, perhaps generic |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *zizi "kind of univalve shellfish" (Gty. 1983). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arosi | Sisi/apiro | Limpet | (Fox) |
| East Futuna | Sisi | Small shellfish spp. (Neritidae) and (Naeticidae) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Hihi | Shellfish spp. (Janthinidae) (Neritidae) | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Sici | Trochus spp | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Sisi | General term for small snails | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Maka/sii | Pries for clam | (Smd) |
| Nggela | Hihi/vuhi | Freshwater snail (Nerita brevispina) | (Fox) |
| Niuatoputapu | Hihi | Edible gastropods (Nerita spp.) | (Dye) |
| Niue | (Fua) hihi | Snail (generic) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Hihi/vao | Land snail | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Hihi | Shell meat, lips of clam-shells | (Dvl) |
| Raʔivavae | Hihi | A variety of small univalve mollusk... | (Stn) |
| Rapa | ʔIʔi | Univalve (Nerita morio), periwinkle | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔIiʔii | A small shellfish | (Mka) |
| Rennellese | Sisi | Nerita shells | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Sisi | Edible shellfish, the periwinkle | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Sisi | Small snails in general | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Sisi | A small shell species that can walk (Nerite?) | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Hihi | A small shell fish | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Ssii | Edible shellfish sp. | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Sisi | Snail of splash-zone (Melampus sp.) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Hihi | Shellfish sp., like a hard-shelled snail | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Hihi | (Terebra maculata) [l.] | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ii | A winkle (Nerita) | (Ray) |
| Waya | Cici | Generic term for all snail-like shellfish (Gastropoda) | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Sisi | Term covering various univalve shellfish spp. | (Clk) |
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