Protoform: UTUA [FJ] Rock, reef or sea-floor exposed at low tide; promontory (Rby)
| Description: | Rock, reef or sea-floor exposed at low tide; promontory (Rby) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *qutu.2 “rock, crag, promontory” |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Utua | Tertre, promontoire | (Btn) |
| Emae | Utua | Exposed flat rock bottom in lagoon | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Udua | Projecting point in reef | (Lbr) |
| Niue | Tuatua | Flat area on the reef; land (at the back of the village) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Utua | A long strip of shallows in the sea | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Mada udua | Point of promontory or peninsula, esp. if large | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Udua | Promontary, peninsula | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Mata(a) utua | End of land point, cliff projection | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Utua | Point, cape | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Utua | The point, promontory or tip of a land mass as it goes out to the ocean | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Utua | Land normally under sea but exposed by low tide | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Utua | A tidal flat between the islands and in the lagoon offshore from Nukutoa, partially uncovered by low tide; Te Utua is also a location on Takuu Island | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Utua | Shelving reef, point of land and reef extending seawards; reef finger(s) on the ocean side | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Utua | (Of the tide) to be right out, out so far that the whole tidal flat is uncovered | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Utua | Protruding, extended, thrust out | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Utua | That part of shore visible at low tide | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Utua | Point of land | (Hvn) |
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