| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Samoan
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Valu
|
Eight
|
|
Sikaiana
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Valu
|
Eight
|
|
Tahitian
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Varu
|
Huit (arch.). Eight, in counting (Dvs).
|
|
Tahitian
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Vaʔu
|
Huit
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tikopia
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Varu
|
Eight
|
|
Tokelau
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Valu
|
Eight
|
|
Tongan
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Valu
|
Eight
|
|
Tuamotu
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Varu
|
Eight
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Varu
|
Eight
|
|
Waya
|
AN.WALU.1
|
Walu
|
Eight
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
Bonito, large fish sp. Scaleless tuna (Fbg).
|
|
Easter Island
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Vaʔu
|
(Ruvettus pretiosus)
Problematic
|
|
Tuvalu
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
(Gymnosarda unicolor)
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
Poissons: "espadon" (Xyphias gladius); "bonite au dos rayé" (Euthynnus affinis)
|
|
East Uvea
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
Genus Thunnus, generic term
|
|
Fijian
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Walu
|
Large fish sp. (Scomberomorus commercon) [Lacepede]
|
|
Hawaiian
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Walu
|
Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Walu
|
Fish sp
|
|
Marquesas
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Vaʔu
|
(Gymnosarda unicolor). Thon à dents de chien, poisson de la famille des scombidés (Lch). Dogtooth Tuna (Atl).
|
|
Niue
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
Kingfish. Dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) (Sph).
|
|
Nukuoro
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
Large dangu fish
|
|
Penrhyn
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
Tuna, fish sp
|
|
Rarotongan
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
(Gymnosarda unicolor)
|
|
Rennellese
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Bagu/kango
|
Skipjack and some other large tunas
|
|
Sikaiana
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
Kingfish sp
|
|
Tahitian
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
(Gymnosarda unicolor). The name of a fish (Dvs).
|
|
Tahitian
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Vaʔu
|
Thon blanc (Gymnosarda unicolor)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
Large sea fish
|
|
Tokelau
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu
|
(Gymnosarda unicolor), Dog-tooth Tuna when large
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Valu louniu
|
Wahoo
|
|
Tuamotu
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Varu
|
(Sarda chilensis)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Vau
|
(Gymnosard unicolor) (Conte 1988:319)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Uaru/kago, uoru/kago. Waru/kago (Fkm).
|
Tuna fish. Yellowfin tuna (Fkm).
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.WARU
|
Vau
|
Scrape taro with a _kuei_ or grate coconut on a -vakautuei_
Borrowed
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.WARU
|
Varu
|
Shave, cut one's hair, shear
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.WARU
|
Vau
|
Ratisser, racler, gratter
Problematic
|
|
Emae
|
PN.WARU
|
Varu/sia
|
Scrape with a shell, shred coconut
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.WARU
|
Vaʔu
|
To scrape (I). Racler l'écorce, raser (Lch).
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.WARU
|
Varu
|
Scrape. Varlope; varloper; enlever la peau du fruit à pain et du taro; couper les cheveux. Raser, shave (Atl).
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.WARU
|
Valu/ia
|
Scrape out (e.g. coconut, kumara, yam, breadfruit, taro, a tree (to make traditional medicine), etc.)
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.WARU
|
Bagu
|
Grate (as coconuts, taro, yams); scrape (as bark in preparation of tapa); peel (as raw fruits)
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.WARU
|
Vaʔu
|
Râper [Iles Sous le Vent (Leeward islands) Dialect]
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.WARU
|
Varu
|
Scrape a coconut or fibres from a swamp taro stalk (e.g. to make a hat), grate; grate coconuts
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.WARU
|
Varu
|
To scrape, as distinct from grate
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.WARU
|
Valu-sia, walu-sia (preferred)
|
Râper, racler, raboter
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.WARU
|
Uaru/sia
|
To shave, scrape
|
|
Easter Island
|
CP.WANA
|
Vana
|
Large sea-urchin with short quills
|
|
East Futuna
|
CP.WANA
|
Vana
|
Sea-urchin with long, black spines
|
|
East Uvea
|
CP.WANA
|
Vana
|
Oursin (Heliocidaris erithrogramma) (Acanthaster planci)
|
|
Emae
|
CP.WANA
|
Vana
|
Sea-urchin sp.
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