Protoform: FIGOTA [OC] Sea creatures except turtles and fish; especially shellfish
| Description: | Sea creatures except turtles and fish; especially shellfish |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *p-in-a9onta "shellfish". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pingota | Shellfish (Haliotis sp.) | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Figota | Shellfish, including sea-urchins, but not loli, feke | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Figota | Terme générique pour les mollusques; coquillage, coquille | (Rch) |
| Nguna | Vinagoda | Shell, shellfish (Clark 1991:80) | (Stz) |
| Niuafoʔou | Fiingota | Shellfish | (Tmo) |
| Niuatoputapu | Fingota | Life-form taxon including crustacea, molluscs (excluding cephalopods), and echinodermata | (Dye) |
| Niue | Fingota | An edible sea-crab | (Sph) |
| Samoan | Figota/olevao | Gods | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Fiigota | Marine spp. (other than fish) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Figota | Shellfish; includes jellyfish and almost all sea animals except fish and turtles | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Hiinota | Various kinds of shellfish having edible contents, seafood gathered by women | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Fiinota | Seafood gathered by women | (Hwd) |
| Tokelau | Fiigota | General term for shellfish; the empty shell of a shellfish | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fingota | Sea creature other than ika | (Cwd) |
| West Futuna | Ko/feiŋota (ANI) | Firstfruits | (Cpl) |
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