Protoform: QUHILA [MP] Lightning

Description: Lightning
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*4 POC *qu(s,j)ila(k) "lightning" (LPO II:144).
*5 Cf. PMP *sila(q) "outpouring of light", *silak 'beam of light' (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island ʔUira Relampago. Bright (Wbr). (Bxn)
East Futuna ʔUila Lightning (Bgs)
East Uvea ʔUhila Eclaire (Rch)
Emae Uvira Lightning (Cpl)
Fijian Cila Shine, of the heavenly bodies Problematic (Cpl)
Hawaiian Uila Lightning (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Wira Lightning (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Ila Lightning (Lbr)
Luangiua Uula. Uila (Hbn). Lightning (Smd)
Mangareva Uira Lightning. Eclair; électricité. (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Huira Lightning Phonologically Irregular (Krk)
Marquesas Uiʔa Eclair, eclairer. Lightning. (Dln)
Moriori Uira Lightning (Shd)
Moriori Ra/uira Lightning . Brightness (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Uira Lightning (Wms)
Niuafoʔou ʔUhila Lightning (Gry)
Niue Hila Electricity (Sph)
Niue Uhila Lightning (Sph)
Nuguria Uila Lightning (bolt) (Dvl)
Nukumanu Uila Lightning (Fbg)
Nukuoro Uila Lightning (Crl)
Penrhyn Uira Lightning (Sta)
Pukapuka Uila Lightning ; preferred spelling uwila (Sby)
Rapa Uira Lightning (Grn)
Rarotongan Uira Lightning (Bse)
Samoan Uila Lightning (Prt)
Sikaiana Uila Lightning (Dnr)
Tahitian Uira Eclairs; électricité (Lmt)
Takuu Uila Lightning (Mle)
Tikopia Uira Sheet lightning; summer lightning (Fth)
Tokelau Uila Lightning (Sma)
Tongan Oohila Lightning; to lighten (Mar)
Tongan ʔUhila Lightning (Cwd)
Tuamotu Uira Lightning (Stn)
West Uvea Uila Lightning (U 1850) (Hmn)
West Uvea Wiila Lightning (Hmn)

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