Protoform: TUPA [OC] Landcrab

Description: Landcrab
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*3 PEO *tubaRa "k. land-crab" (Gty. 1990.75).
*4 POC *tubaRa "probably generic for large land crabs, Cardisoma spp." (LPO IV:173).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tupa Land crab (Fbg)
East Futuna Tupa Landcrab (Mfr)
East Uvea Tupa Crabe de terre (Gerarcinus) (Rch)
Easter Island Tupa Landcrab (Chl)
Emae Tupa Crab (Cpl)
Hawaiian Kupa Dark-red cowrie shell Problematic (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Tupa Crab, generic term (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Tupe Crab, both land and sea species (Ebt)
Kapingamarangi Dube Land crab (Lbr)
Luangiua Kupa Brown landcrab (Smd)
Mangareva Tu/tupa Espèce de grande crabe ou *peikea* (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tupa Land crab sp (Bck)
Marquesas Tupa Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). Espèce de crabe, tourlourou (Lch). Crabe de terre, tourlourou; land crab (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Túpa A large species of sea crab (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Tupa Scallop (Wms)
Niue Tupa Crab (McE)
Nukuoro Duba Land crab sp (Crl)
Penrhyn Tupa Landcrab (Sta)
Penrhyn Tupa Land crab (Lmt)
Pukapuka Tupa A kind of crab (Bge)
Rarotongan Tupa Generic term for crabs, including land-crab (Bse)
Rotuman Fupa Small landcrab (Cwd)
Samoan Tupa Landcrab (Prt)
Sikaiana Tupa Landcrab sp. (Dnr)
Tahitian Tupa Crabe de terre: tourlourou (Cardisoma carnifex) (Lmt)
Takuu Tupa Species of green edible land crab (Mle)
Tikopia Tupa The large beach crab (Cardisoma sp.) (Fth)
Tokelau Tupa The large beach-crab (Cardisoma sp.) (Sma)
Tongan Tupa Landcrab (Cwd)
Tuamotu Tupa Variety of landcrab (Stn)
Tuvalu Tupa Crab sp (Rby)
Waya Tubaa Generic term for several species of land-crab; (Cardisoma sp.) (Ply)
West Futuna Tupa Crab spp (Dty)

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