Motu karava (gira-gira)

Glosses

• parrotfish: Chlorurus strongylocephalus, (purple-headed parrotfish); Callyodon formosus, (Kellogg’s parrotfish); Scarus microrhinos (blunt-headed parrotfish). Gira gira refers to colour. Face is bent with large forehead

References

Cognatesets

• POc *[m,k]arawa ‘green parrotfish spp.’ with glosses parrotfish: Chlorurus strongylocephalus, (purple-headed parrotfish); Callyodon formosus, (Kellogg’s parrotfish); Scarus microrhinos (blunt-headed parrotfish). Gira gira refers to colour. Face is bent with large forehead

Sections

• 4.2 Fish
  • parrotfish: Chlorurus strongylocephalus, (purple-headed parrotfish); Callyodon formosus, (Kellogg’s parrotfish); Scarus microrhinos (blunt-headed parrotfish). Gira gira refers to colour. Face is bent with large forehead