Protoform: TAAKELO [PN] Name of a month; a star name
| Description: | Name of a month; a star name |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Take(ʔ)o | Cold Problematic | (Wbr) |
| Hawaiian | Kaaʔelo | A star, perhaps Betelgeuse ; May or January | (Mkn) |
| Marquesas | Takeo | June-July | (Mkn) |
| Marquesas | Takeʔo | A star (unidentified) (Buck 1938b) | (Jmr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Taakero | An unidentified star ; Mercury | (Tgr) |
| Nukuoro | Daagelo | February | (Crl) |
| Samoan | Taʔelo | January ; month in wet season | (Ann) |
| Samoan | Le Taʔelo | The planet Mercury (Stair 1898) | (Jmr) |
| Tahitian | Taʔero | The planet Mercury Henry 1907) | (Jmr) |
| Tahitian | Taaʔero | Mercure (planète) | (Aca) |
| Tongan | Takelo | Two stars in the northern sky, so named because of their ruddy colour (kelo) (Makemson 1941). | (Jmr) |
| Tuamotu | Takero | Orion's Belt | (Mkn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Takelo | Evening star | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Taakelo | Bent, curved, crooked Problematic | (Ply) |
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