Protoform: LAPA.1B [PN] Flat and/or broad object (e.g. paddle blade, buttress root, coral head): *lapa(lapa)
| Description: | Flat and/or broad object (e.g. paddle blade, buttress root, coral head): *lapa(lapa) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *lafalafa "flat and/or broad". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Rapa | Type of dance paddle | (Mtx) |
| Luangiua | Lapa | Coconut frond. Coconut leaflets (Hbn). | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Raparapa | Partie plate d'un aviron; partie plate de la feuille du cocotier qui tient au tronc. | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Apa ʔima | Paume, palm (of hand) | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | ʔApa hoe | Pale de pagaie; blade of paddle. Pelle d'aviron (Dln). | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | ʔApaʔapa | Les ailes ou côtés du filet | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rapa | Anything broad and flat; stern-post of a canoe; blade of a paddle etc.... | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raparapa | Sole of foot; projecting ends of house barge-boards | (Wms) |
| Niue | Lapa | Board | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Raparapa | Fins (of fish or whale) | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Rapa-rapa | Fins (of fish or whale) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Laba ngaungau | A stalk of the elephant-ear plant [Alocasia] | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Laba | A dancing paddle | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Rapa | Blade of canoe paddle | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Raparapa | Buttresses of tree | (Sve) |
| Samoan | Lapa | A flat kind of coral; a flat slab at the root of a large tree, acting as a buttress to the trunk | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Lapalapa | the places in the trunk of a tree that extend out from the tree, as the trunk of the tava tree. | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Lapalapa | A tree buttress | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Rapa | Pale de pagaie, d'aviron ou d'hélice; plat de la lame d'un couteau. The blade or paddle of an oar; a slab of stone or wood (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Laparapa | Soft-rayed dorsal or anal fin (of edible fish, esp. shark); triangular corner of a sail cloth which is not stitched but hangs loose | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Raparapa | Flange; buttress; coral sp. of stinging type | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Lapalapa | Leaf-stalk of coconut leaf | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Lapa | Flat-topped coral head; rasp, grater | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Rapa | Blade of paddle | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Lapalapa | Blade of paddle, sole of foot | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Plapla/inu | Coral rock, big, flat stone in the sea like cement Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
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