Protoform: TOO-TARA [CE] Spiny, spine
| Description: | Spiny, spine |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *tala.1 "sharp pointed object" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Kookala | Thorns, spines; Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix) | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Totaara | Poisson: Diodon hystrix | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Totaʔa | Hérisson de mer. Herisson de terre ou de mer (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Totá | The hedgehog fish | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Totara | Tree sp. | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tootara | A tree with sharp-pointed leaves (Podocarpus totara) | (Bgs) |
| Penrhyn | Tootara | Porcupine fish | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Tootala | A fish (Tetrodon stellatus) ;(Diodon hystrix). Problematic | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Tootara | Ruffled out, standing on end (as hair, feathers); porcupine fish | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Tootara | Poisson porc-épic, famille des Diodontidae (Diodon holacanthus or hystrix) | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Tootara | Spiny | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Totara | Fish sp. with long spines (Diodon hystrix) | (Atn) |
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