Protoform: TAALAWA [NP] Beams in roof structure of a house, rafters, purlins
| Description: | Beams in roof structure of a house, rafters, purlins |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *lawa.2 "bind" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitutaki | Tarava | Cross-pieces that support the kaho | (Bck) |
| Mangareva | Tarava | Terrain montagneux, endroit inaccessible. Mountainous, but particularly used of inaccessible places (Tgr) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Taraʔoa | Branche de corail en mer visible à marée basse Problematic | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tarawa (tarewa?) | Purlin, longitudinal joist | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Kaʔava | House purlin. Poutre de la façade de maison (Lch). Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Kaávva | A round log serving as a beam along the front of a house | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Kaʔava, kaʔavao | Filière d'une maison Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Taarawa | A transverse line, e.g. a rail, a clothes-line, a line of waves on the surface of the sea; hang on a line, rail . Part of the structure of a bird snare | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Talaoa | Curved rafters leading to an interior ridgepole (Loeb 1926) | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Taarava | Horizontal piece, purlin; stripes on fish skin | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Taalava | Purlin | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Tarava | Intermediate support for rafters of house | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Taarava | Horizontal beams of a house; place horizontally, crosswise; hang up, suspend | (Sve) |
| Samoan | Talava | One of a pair of uppermost purlins in a round guest house | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Tarava | To lie horizontally, be across a thing; a streak or strip, a chasm in a rock; athwart, transverse Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Taarava | Etre en travers de quelque chose, s'étendre; être couché à plat dos ou à plat ventre Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Taarava | Go . Example suggest "go parallel to" Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Talava | Upper purlin (Macgregor 1937:126) | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Tarava | Purlins (Emory 1975:52) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Talava | Element in house-frame (Koch 1961:116). Laths of split pandanus lashed on top of the rafters and under the thatch ribs (Kennedy 1931:269) | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lakau halava | Crossbeam (of Te Puke canoe) | (Gge) |
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