Protoform: TAGAQU [PN] A fish (Lutjanus sp.)

Description: A fish (Lutjanus sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tagaʔu Poisson: "perche à tache noire" (jeune) (Lutjanus monostignus) (Mfr) (Mfr)
East Uvea Tagaʔu Lutjanus fulvus, L. rufolineatus (Rch)
Emae Tagau Fish sp., Grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) (Cpl)
Kapingamarangi Dangau General name for Snappers (Lutjanus spp.) (Lbr)
Niuatoputapu Tangaʔu (Lutjanus fulvus) (Dye)
Niue Tagau Sea crab sp. (edible, red and black varieties) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Nuguria Tanau A kind of mangrove fish (Dvl)
Nukuoro Dangau General name for snappers (Crl)
Penrhyn Tangauu Waigiu snapper (Lutjanus fulvus) and other snapper spp. (Sta)
Pukapuka Tangau A red snapper fish ; yellow-margined Sea Perch (Lutjanus fulvus) (Sby)
Rarotongan Tangau Fish (Lutjanus spp.) (Bse)
Rotuman Tagau Poisonous fish, silvery in colour when alive but turning red when it dies . Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Tagau Certain lutjanus spp. when not above one foot (Prt)
Sikaiana Tagau (Lutjanus marginatus) Problematic (Dnr)
Tahitian Toʔau Poisson de la famille des Lutjanidae (Lutjanus vaigensis) Phonologically Irregular (Lmt)
Takuu Tanau Snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) (Mle)
Tokelau Tagau Yellow-margined Sea Perch (Lutjanus vaigensis) (Sma)
Tongan Tangaʔu (Lutjanus fulvus) and other Snapper species (Cwd)
Tuamotu Taa?au Fish sp. (Stn)
Tuamotu Taaŋauŋau Several fish spp. (Pristipomoides sieboldii, Kyphosus fuscus) and growth stages of (Apsilus zonatus) (Stn)
Tuvalu Tangau Red-tail snapper ; (Lutjanus fulvus) (Rch)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tangau Snapper (Hvn)

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