Protoform: WAELO [NP] Tail of animal, bird, stingray, comet; long thin appendage
| Description: | Tail of animal, bird, stingray, comet; long thin appendage |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Vaero | Feeler of lobster, long feathers in birds' tails | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Wailo | Fish sp Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Hu/elo | Tail, of animal | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Vaero | Feather | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Vaelo | Silver belly Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Vero | Tail of dog | (Bck) |
| Mangareva | ʔEtu/vero | Comète | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Veʔo | Queue d'un animal, d'un poisson, d'une comète. | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Hetu(u) (me te) veʔo (MQN), fetu(u) me te veʔo (MQS) | Comète | (Chf) |
| New Zealand Maori | Waero | Tail of a dog or other animal | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wero | Spine of a sting-ray | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Vaelo | A long, thin appendage (e.g. barbel or streamer rays of a fish) | (Crl) |
| Rarotongan | U(v)ero | Blaze up (fire), burst forth (sun’s rays) Problematic | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Ika baengo | Possible Wedge-tailed Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Velo | The horns of a crayfish ; antenna, feeler. Problematic | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Vaero | The extremities, as feet, hands, &c., which in death are sometimes drawn up and darted down again suddenly | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | ʔAero | Queue des quadrupedes, des oiseaux, des raies Phonologically Irregular | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Vaelo | Small lagoon fish sp. Problematic | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Velo | (Of a spiny lobster) feeler, antenna | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Vaero | Tail and adjacent parts of four-footed animal | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Velo | Tail (not of fish) | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Vairo (ANI) | Pine [sc. spine?] Problematic | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Nosi/vero (ANI) | Comet | (Cpl) |
23 entries found
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