Protoform: TAPU-TOKI [PN] A tree (Alectryon sp.)

Description: A tree (Alectryon sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *tapu "forbidden", *toki "adze"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Taputoki Nom d'un arbre de for^t au bois très dur (Mfr)
New Zealand Maori Tii/toki/ A tree (Alectryon excelsum) (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Tabutoki Name of a tree (Cct)
Niue Taputoki, tokitoki A small tree (Cryptocarya turbinata) (Sph)
Samoan Taputoʔi (Alectryon sp.) and (Cupaniopsis sp.), two trees with very hard wood (Prt)
Tongan Taputoki Name used on Tafahi for (Alectryon sp.) (Cwd)

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