Protoform: WAO.A [MP] Forest
| Description: | Forest |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. CK *tae-wao "wild" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Vao | Grassy tract. Grass (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Vao | Forest | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Vao | Brouse, herbes, taillis | (Rch) |
| Emae | Vao | Bush, forest | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Wao | Inland region | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Vao | Bush (inland) | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Vao | Unplanted, uninhabited place. Champ, endroit; terre non habitée et non plantée; clan, tribu. | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Vao | Forest (I) | (???) |
| Marquesas | Vaaoo | Fond d'une vallée Problematic | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wao | Forest | (Wms) |
| Nggela | Ao | Forest, land never cultivated | (Fox) |
| Niuafoʔou | Vao | Bush | (Gry) |
| Niue | Vao | Bush, bush land (often used figuratively to refer to the 'uncivilised' and 'wild' areas of the land, as opposed to 'cultivated' and 'settled' land) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Vao | Forest, bush | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Vao | Wilderness, uninhabited place | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Voo | Bush, forest | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Vao | Bush, forest ; uninhabited area | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Vao | Forest | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Bao | Forest, Forest area | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Bago | General name for vines . Borrowed | (Bst) |
| Rotuman | Vao | Forest | (Cwd) |
| Saʔa | Walo | Creeper, vine, rope, string etc. | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Vao | Forest | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Vao | Brush, low plants and bushes | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Vao | The extremities of the inland vallies; a rustic or clown | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Vao | Uncultivated area with trees, bush; vegetation used as mulching material | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | -vao | Suffix in words for forest vegetation | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vao | Weed (including patch of land covered with grass); forest, bush, wilderness | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vao | Forest | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Vaoo | A bush, wood, thicket | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Vao | Forest | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Vao | Forest | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vao | Forest, wasteland ; wilderness | (Grn) |
| West Uvea | Vao | Forêt, brousse | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Kata/vao | Sauvage | (Hmn) |
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