Protoform: KALAA [PN] Hard, black, volcanic stone
| Description: | Hard, black, volcanic stone |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *fatu-kalaa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Fatu/kala/ | Stone, black, with holes, from Uvea | (Mfr) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAlaa | Volcanic stone | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Kala-maiŋe | Lime | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Kaaraa | Nom d'une pierre unie pour écraser le noyau du fruit de pandanus | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kaiá | A stone; a stone pestle | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Keʔaa. Keʔa (Lch). Keʔa(a) (Atl). | General word for stone. Pierre, caillou, rocher (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Keʔa/keʔa | Caillouteux, rempli de pierres | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Karaa | Dark basaltic stone | (Wms) |
| Niue | Fatu/kalaa | Black stone | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Kara(a)/ea | Old harder coral, forming flat slab layers; upright limestone slab forming a part of marae | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Kala | Imported volcanic stone | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Karaa | A very hard kind of stone; a food pounder made of such stone | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Kara | Black basaltic stone | (Bse) |
| Samoan | ʔAlaa | Volcanic stone | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | ʔAraa | Pierre de basalte noir très dure | (Aca) |
| Tahitian | Arâ | A species of hard black stone | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Kalaa | Hard, heavy stone found on ocean side of outlying islets on an atoll | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fatu/kala/ | Hard black stone | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Karaa | Hard round stone | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | (Fatu)/kalaa/ | Hard, black stone | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Ta/korá/rangi | An *atua* of stone in Imounga Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cpl) |
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