| PROTO-POLYNESIAN ETYMOLOGIES |
| *Hange [Proto Rarotongan/Māori] |
Geniostoma spp. (Loganiaceae). |
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From PROTO RAROTONGAN/MĀORI *hange, Geniostoma sp., probably G. rupestre (Loganiaceae); the variants of this word in NZ Māori indicate that the word might be a little older than this, with an original form *sange or *fange. |
Proto Rarotongan Māori : *Hange
REFLEXES IN SOME POLYNESIAN LANGUAGES:
Rarotongan: 'ange (Geniostoma rarotongensis (Rarotonga), & Geniostoma sykesii (Mangaia), Loganiaceae)
Rurutu (Austral Islands: Ange (Geniostoma rupestre Loganiaceae)
Rapa (Austral Islands) : Ange (Geniostoma sp., also Haloragis sp. Haloragaceae)
Māori: Hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium, Loganiaceae)
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Watch this space!
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Watch this space!
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This plant name seems to have radiated north and south from the Cook Islands. The various species of Geniostoma are bushy shrubs rather similar in appearance to each other, with flower clusters borne from the leaf axils, each flower having a characteristic 5-pointed star shape.
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Watch this space!
(Reserved for a different picture!) |
Watch this space!
(Reserved for a different picture!) |
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| Further information : (For the NZ species, see the works on NZ trees and shrubs in the Bibliography. There is also a brief article on the genus Geniostoma on Wikipedia.) |
| Photographs: E puta atu ana ā te wā! |
