Protoform: TOFE.1 [CP] A bivalve mollusc

Description: A bivalve mollusc
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific
Notes:

*2 PCP *jove "k.o.shellfish or barnacle".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tofe Coquillage; sorte de chapeau chinois qui se colle sous les coques des bateaux ou sur les bois flottés (Mfr)
Fijian Sove Barnacle (Gty)
Mangareva Toʔe/toʔe Espèce de petit coquillage qui s'attache au bois des embarcasions, et le perce (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Tohe/manga Longimactra elongata (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Tohe/roa A bivalve mollusc (Amphidesma ventriculosa) (Wms)
Niuatoputapu Ngeʔesi tofe Pearl-shell lure (Dye)
Niue Tofe A cockle shellfish (white fan-shaped cockle shell, edible) (Sph)
Nukuoro Dohe Bivalve mollusc sp. (Crl)
Rennellese Tohe Small, edible, white bivalve or barnacle, as on floating logs (Ebt)
Samoan Tofe Mollusc (Perna sp.) (Prt)
Takuu Tofe Bivalve mollusc with sharp edges formerly used for shaving (Hwd)
Takuu Tohe Bivalve mollusc with sharp edges formerly used for shaving (Mle)
Tongan Tofe Pearl oyster (Cwd)
Tongan Tofe The oyster (Mar)
Tuvalu Tofe Shellfish that sticks to floating logs (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tohe A bivalve mollusc shell used as a knife to cut things (Hvn)

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