Protoform: PUNA [MP] Bubble or well up (of water); a spring
| Description: | Bubble or well up (of water); a spring |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *maa-puna, *wai-puna |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Puna | Spring of water | (Yen) |
| Easter Island | Puna | Basin, cistern, pond, natural well | (Fts) |
| East Futuna | Puna | Spring, spurt forth (of water) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Puna vai | Spring | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Puna | Spring | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Buna | Bubble, glass float, balloon | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Puŋa | Water leaking through | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Puŋa/avava | Swamp | (Smd) |
| Mangaia | Puna | Deep pools within the lagoon | (Cek) |
| Mangareva | Puna/vai | Source d'eau | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Puna | Spring; to boil. Source d'eau; bouillir (Rch). | (Jnu) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Puna | Biological family Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Vai puna | Source, spring | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Puna | Spring (i). Source, origine, principe (Lch). | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puna | Spring, well up, flow | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Puna | Spring (v). To fly (Gry). | (Dye) |
| Niuafoʔou | Puna | Fly Borrowed | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Puna | Spring up, bubble up; boil; rise up over horizon (of land or sun) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Puna | Bubble (v); spring (in the sea); places of fine white sand where upo worms live and sea grass grows | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Bunaa | Eddy, disturbance in water> | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Saa/puna | Pool, spurt forth, well up | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Puna | Small water pool on a rock | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Puna | Water spring | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Puna | Spring | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Puna | Break, as waves, leap or fly at | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Puna | Spring | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Puna | Bubbles of air that come to the surface of the water, as when someone lets out air under water | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Puna | Prolific, as a female; some particular haunt of fish, where the fishermen go to look for them Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Pape hoo/puna | Source, trou d'eau, mare, flaque | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | P/puna | Squirt up, issue forth; (of a bubble) rise to the surface; leak | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Puna | Ma/puna/ga. :Spring Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Puna | Bubble, boil | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Puna | Spring | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Puna | To fly, leap, jump, spring, bounce; (of liquids) to squirt, to issue forth; to run (abusive for lele) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Boona | To fly, to vault, to jump high in the air; to rebound as an elastic body | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Puna | Spring, well up, flow | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Puna | To bubble or boil (of water) | (Rby) |
37 entries found
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