Protoform: TAA.4B [PN] To fish, catch fish: *taa (ika)

Description: To fish, catch fish: *taa (ika)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Taa Pêcher à plusieurs avec un manou à la marée haute... (Mfr)
East Uvea Ta ika Prendre des poissons (Rch)
Hawaiian Kaa To fish with a pole (Pki)
Hawaiian Kaa/kaa To fish, as for uhu (parrot fish) with a square net, or ulua with hook and line but no pole; net or nets dropped in a semicircle, as for mullets or 'oo'io. (Pki)
Marquesas Ta i te ihe Pécher l'ihe (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Taa, taia Net (vt) (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Taa/nga The operation of netting or weaving (Wms)
Rennellese Taa To net, as flying fish; to scoop up, as swarms of sugumega or pogo fish in seine or net (Ebt)
Samoan Taiʔa To fish for *palolo*, *lo*, *pala'ia* and *inaga*. (Prt)
Tahitian Taiʔa A fisherman; to fish by angling, or otherwise (Dvs)
Tahitian Taa/iʔa Pêcher (Lmt)
Takuu Taa maunu Catch bait fish using hand nets and assistants (Mle)
Tokelau Taa Fish for schools of fish on the reef or in the lagoon; (taa ihe) fish for half-beak, with a crowd of people in the lagoon, using a net (Sma)
Tongan Taa ..scooping up fish with a hand-net... (Cwd)

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