Protoform: TAUME [CP] Spathe of coconut palm
| Description: | Spathe of coconut palm |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *jamu(?)a "a (palm) fruit stem". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Taume | Flower spathe of coconut. Torche en spathe de cocotier séché (Mfr). | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Taume | Enveloppe de la fleur de coco | (Btn) |
| Emae | Taume | Coconut sepal | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Doume | Spathe of coconut palm | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Kaume | Pod round coconut | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Toume | Dry envelope of a young coconut cut into slices and put into water to make it flexible Problematic | (Tgr) |
| Mangareva | Touumaa | Enveloppe sèche de la jeune grappe de coco, coupée par tranches et mise dans l'eau, pour en faire un aga (instrument à prendre le poisson); offrir à DIeu les prémices des fruits Problematic | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taume | Dry flower sheathe of coconut | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Toume | Sepale. Enveloppe du bouton floral, de la floraison du cocotier (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Toume (MQS) | Fleur de cocotier; coconut palm blossoms | (Chf) |
| Niue | Toume | Spathe of a coconut flower | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Taume | Spathe of coconut palm | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Daume | Spathe of coconut palm | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Taume | Dry flower sheath; flower sheath of coconut tree, spathe enclosing flowers | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Taume | Flower-sheath of Coconut | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Taume | Spadix (flower stalk) of coconut palm (RAR); spathe (flower sheath) of coconut palm (Aitutaki, Atiu, M.M.) | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | Jamuʔa | Branching flower and fruit stem of coconut or fan palm | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Taume | Spathe of coconut tree (when dry) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Taume | Shoot of a coconut branch | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Taume | Spathe of a coconut pod | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Taume | Flower spathe of coconut palm | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Taume | Spathe of a coconut flower | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Toume | Coconut spathe...often used for making torches | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tome | A sort of torch | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Taume | Fruit-bearing coconut shoot ; spathe of coconut | (Rby) |
| Waya | Saamoa | Hard sheath or calyx enclosing flower of coconut (used as torch); coconut flower before sheath bursts | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Taumwi niu | Gaine d'inflorescence | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Taume | Gaine de régime de cocos | (Hmn) |
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