Protoform: NAFA [PN] A wooden drum
| Description: | A wooden drum |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Nafa | Tambour | (Btn) |
| Mangareva | Naʔa | Tronc d'arbre creusé pour recevoir de l'eau; auge, récipient Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Naha | Bois de pandanus creusé pour contenir un liquide Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Niue | Nafa, lafa | To hit, beat | (Sph) |
| Niue | Nafa | Slit drum. Small, wooden drum shaped like a canoe, with a narrow slot on one side (McE). | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Nawa | Small, wooden gong | (Bge) |
| Samoan | Nafa | A native drum | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Naha | A sort of native cistern made of leaves; a receptacle for some liquid Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tikopia | Nafa | Large bowl-shaped trough (sometimes canoe hull serves) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Nafa | Drum | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Naffa | A drum | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Nafa | Piece of broken canoe used as a drum | (Rby) |
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