Protoform: WAWAI [EP] Plant sp., cotton (perhaps Gossypium hirsutum)
| Description: | Plant sp., cotton (perhaps Gossypium hirsutum) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. XW *vavae "plant producing cotton". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Vavai | Cotton | (Fts) |
| Mangareva | Vavai | Nom d'une herbe | (Jnu) |
| Marquesas | Vevai (MQS) (Ua Pou-Lch) | Coton. Cotonnier, arbuste introduit par les Espagnols au XVIème siècle, de la famille des malvacées (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Haha/ví | The cotton shrub | (Crk) |
| Penrhyn | Vavai | Cotton ; creeper sp. (Sta from Bck) | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | Vavai | A creeper (Triumfetta procumbens) Problematic | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Vavai | Introduced cotton sp. (Gossypium barbadense) | (Whr) |
| Tahitian | Vavai | Coton (Gossypium religiosum, G. hirsutum) | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Vava(a)i | Vine (Triumfetta procumbens) whose fibres used to make cordage and clothing | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Vavai oviri | Triumfetta procumbens | (Sct) |
| Tupuaki | Vavai | Two or three plants, unidentified | (Atn) |
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