Protoform: FAALOA [NP] A fish, Spotted Sea Bass (Epinephelus tauvina)

Description: A fish, Spotted Sea Bass (Epinephelus tauvina)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *faapuku 'Epinephelus sp.'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Koopuku ha/haroa Temperate bass (Polyprion oxygeneios) (Bloch & Schneider) > (Rdl)
East Uvea Fa loa Fish sp. (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) [Valenciennes] (Rch)
Mangareva ʔAroa (Epinephelus tauvina). (+ E. melanostigma) (Rch). (Hpr)
Marquesas Haʔoa (Epinephelus tauvina). Mérou lutre, loch mouchetée; Greasy Grouper [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Hpr)
Penrhyn Haaroa A fish of the Groper family ; white-mottled grouper (Epinephelus maculatus) (Rmn)
Pukapuka Waaloa (Epinephelus tauvina) (Hpr)
Raʔivavae Haaroa A variety of fish (Stn)
Raʔivavae Haroa Variety of fish (Epinephelus tauvina) (Zpn)
Rapa ʔAaroa Esp. de loche (Kvt)
Tahitian Faaroa Spotted sea bass (Epinephelus tauvina). Mérou (Epinephelus areolatus) (Lmt). (Hpr)
Tokelau Faaloa (Epinephelus tauvina) (Hpr)
Tuamotu Faarooa. Faaroa (Bct). A variety of fish. Loche moucheté (Epinephelus tauvina) (Bct). (Stn)

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