Bender et al. 2003

Links

• Copy in JSTOR
• Copy in JSTOR
• 10.2307/3623243

References

Sections

• 3.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Cognate sets and reconstructions
• 3.2 Introducing Proto Oceanic plant names
  • Additional ingredients
• 3.4 Parts of plants
  • Roots
  • Leaves
  • Shoots, sprouts and suckers
  • Concluding remarks
• 3.5 Wild plants of the coastal strand
  • Wedelia biflora (syn. Wollastonia biflora) (Asteraceae)
• 3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
  • Intsia bijuga (syn. Intsia amboinensis, Afzelia bijuga), ironwood, island teak, TP kwila, B natora (Cisalpiniaceae)
• 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
  • Tacca leontopetaloides, Polynesian arrowroot (Taccaceae)
  • Summary
• 3.13 Other cultivated plants
  • Derris spp., derris root, fish poison plant, TP vut (Fabaceae)
• 4.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Presentation of reconstructions
• 4.4 Aquatic invertebrates
  • Birgus latro, coconut crab
• 4.6 Birds
  • The domestic bird: Gallus gallus
• 5.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Sound correspondences
• 5.2 People: gender, age cohorts and marital status
  • Unbound reflexes of POc *tau ‘person’
• 5.3 The human body
  • Veins, arteries, sinews and tendons
  • Lungs
• 5.4 Bodily conditions and activities
  • Copulating
  • Belching
  • Feeling hot
• 5.5 Health and disease
  • Itching
• 5.6 Posture and movement
  • Move quickly, hurry, run
  • Arrive, appear
  • Carrying on a canoe

Words

• PMic: walu vegetation, forest
• POc: pata(ŋ) tree trunk
• POc: qili sprout, shoot (esp. of banana or taro)
• PMic: pʷere to sprout, blossom
• PChk: adɨ-adɨ Wedelia biflora
• Woleaian: n-natɨ half-flower, Scaevola sp.
• PChk: kulu Barringtonia asiatica
• PMic: ar(e,o)ŋ, ar(e,o)ŋu- coconut cream, scraped coconut meat
• PMic: fara core (of breadfruit, coconut, pandanus)
• PMic: pir, piri- groor lump under the skin, spongy core of mature coconut
• POc: no(k,g)o midrib or spine of coconut leaflet; broom made therefrom
• PMic: upa Derris vine
• PMic: tarā squirrelfish
• PMic: tarawa barracuda
• PMic: aroŋo Carangid fish, pompano, skipjack
• PMic: tautu porcupine fish
• PMic: iŋi dorsal fin
• PMic: pʷōca turtle shell
• PMic: toki bite, peck
• Proto Central Micronesian: karau Egretta sacra
• PMic: tiku, tuki tropic bird
• PMic: kulu wader
• PMic: tau person
• PMic: tawu- master, expert
• Proto Central Micronesian: ka(w)o newly born, infant
• PMic: pʷexe, pʷe-pʷexe twins
• PMic: fata, fata-ŋa tree trunk
• PMic: waka vein, artery, sinew
• Proto Central Micronesian: fatuku head
• PMic: far[a,e]- lungs
• PMic: mauri alive
• PMic: mate die, lose consciousness
• PMic: torom-i- suck, sip
• Proto Central Micronesian: worom-i swallow
• PMic: ma-wono perspiration
• PMic: ma-[n,ñ]awa life; alive
• Kosraean: [ŋis]ŋis laugh, guffaw
• PMic: taŋiSi- cry, weep for s.o./s.t.
• PMic: cici tremble
• PMic: cece shake, tremble
• PMic: maci, macici be cold
• PMic: pʷoto swelling
• PWMic: mʷa-ali-ali circle, circling, dizzy
• PMic: Saŋa move quickly
• PMic: ruku tip, go under water
• PMic: pʷax(a,e) come into view, reveal
• PMic: mʷ(o,u)a ahead, going before
• PMic: ala take, get
• PMic: afara shoulder
• PMic: faSo, faSok-i plant; planted; a planted thing
• PMic: [alo]alo, alo[f]-i wave, beckon
• PMic: faro, farok-i hold tightly
• PMic: fās-i apply the sole of the foot to s.t.
• PMic: Sūf-i- bathe s.o., dive for s.t.
• PMic: saŋu smell (s.t.)
• PMic: ñama taste
• PMic: fili choose
• PMic: pʷau-pʷau silly, stupid
• PMic: rut(i,u) become aware, wake up, be surprised