Protoform: WAO-MATUQA [PN] Virgin forest, old-growth forest
| Description: | Virgin forest, old-growth forest |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *wao, *matuqa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Vao matuʔa | Reste de forêt ancienne à l'intérieur de Futuna | (Mfr) |
| Hawaiian | Wao akua | A distant mountain region, believed inhabited only by spirits; desert, wilderness Problematic | (Pki) |
| Niue | Vao-motua | The original dense forest, virgin bush | (McE) |
| Rennellese | Bao ʔatua | Bush, jungle; tangled, rocky forest with its mischievous supernaturals (lit. useless forest) Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Bao matuʔa | Fallow garden older than the tagipou | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Bao maatuʔa | Ancient forests | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Vao matua | Dense, thick forest | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Vao matua | Mature fallow plot | (Fth) |
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