Protoform: TII-TII [CE] Seabird sp

Description: Seabird sp
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Titi/ngauta A kind of bird Problematic (Fbg)
Anuta Titi/vao A kind of small bird (or insect?) Problematic (Fbg)
Hawaiian Kiikii A bird resembling the plover (Pki)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Titi Sea bird, black, small, flies close to surface of sea (Sve)
Marquesas Titi Espèce d'oiseau (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Tiitii Several petrel species known collectively as mutton-birds (Bgs)
Rarotongan Tiitii A small black seabird of the Petrel family (Bse)
Tahitian Titi/hopeore The name of a bird (Dvs)

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