Protoform: TATIFI [NP] Fish sp. (Naso sp.) (Hpr)

Description: Fish sp. (Naso sp.) (Hpr)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *tifitifi "butterfly fish"
*3 PCP *taa "Naso sp." (Geraghty).
*4 Cf. POC *taRat "Naso spp., including N.brevirostris, short snouted unicornfish" (LPO IV:102).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Tatiʔi Poisson: Naso brevirostris (Acanthuridae) (Rch)
Marquesas Tatihi Docteur-médicin, chirurgien Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dln)
Tahitian Tatihi Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) (Bgn)
Tikopia Taativi Brown Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
Tokelau Tatihi Fish spp. (N.rigoletto, N.brevirostris, N.herrei) (Sma)
Tuamotu Tatihi Unicorn fish (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tahivi Unicorn fish. (Naso unicornis) (Hnh). Phonologically Irregular (Hvn)

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