Protoform: WELI.1 [OC] A venomous sea-creature

Description: A venomous sea-creature
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. EP *weri "centipede"
*4 POC *weli (1) "fireworm, sea centipede", (2) "?k.o. millipede or centipede" (LPO IV:211).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Veli A venomous creature found on the reef ; mille pieds de mer (Gzl)
East Uvea Veli Sorte de crustacé venimeux (Rch)
Hawaiian Weli A Holothurian (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Weli Sea-urchin (poisonous) (Lbr)
Mangareva Veri Espèce d'annélide de mer ressemblant aux mille-pattes. A marine annelid like a centipede; it is venomous (Tgr). (Rch)
Nukuoro Veli Sea-urchin (Crl)
Pukapuka Veli A variety of sea centipede (Bge)
Rennellese Bagibagi Earwig Problematic (Ebt)
Samoan Veli A fish that stings on being touched (Prt)
Tahitian Veri A sea insect (Dvs)
Tokelau Veli A small greyish species of sea cucumber (Holothuria sp.) (Sma)
Tongan Veli Hairy worm that lives mostly in water (Cwd)

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