Protoform: LOOLOA [NP] Fish sp.

Description:	Fish sp.
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:	1 Cf. PN loa 'long'. 8 These could represent three independent replacements of earlier terms by a descriptive derived from loa 'long'. Cf. PN haku (needlefish), paqala (wahoo), *kamai (rainbow runner).

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Mangareva	Roroa	Poisson: Acanthocybium solanderi (Scombridae)	(Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga	Roroa	Fish sp.	(Bck)
Marquesas	Roroa	Thazard, wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)	(Chf)
Penrhyn	Roroa	Fish sp., rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulata)	(Sta)
Tahitian	Roeroe	Poisson: Carangue arc-en-ciel (Elegatis bipinnulatus) Phonologically Irregular	(Aca)
Tahitian	Rooroa	Autre nom du thazard (Acanthocybium solandri)	(Aca)
Takuu	Roroa	Fish sp. Similar to aku (needlefish) (Mle).	(Hwd)
Tikopia	Rooroa	Needlefish (Strongylura leiura)	(Fth)
Tuamotu	Rorooa	Fish sp. (Acanthocybium solandri)	(Stn)
Tuamotu	Roeroe	A variety of large, long, roundish fish Phonologically Irregular	(Stn)

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