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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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PN.PULE.2
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Pule
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A ritual role. There were two pule. One, pule i ttua, was responsible for looking over the crops and the harvest ceremonies. The other, pule i Muli Akau, was responsible for placating the spirits of the reef.
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Sikaiana
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PN.PULE.2
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Pule/pule
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To be jealous, especially in sexual matters; to be possessive of a spouse or child in regards to sexual affairs.
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Sikaiana
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CE.RUAHINE
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Te Luahine
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Name of a goddess
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.PAKUU.A
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Pakuu/lagi
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Thunder
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Niue
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MP.PIKI.1A
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Pi/piki
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To be close
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Niue
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EO.POKO.1
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Poko
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To get into, to lodge (of eyes) (refers to any foreign object getting into the eye, to the extent that one can lose one's sight)
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Niue
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EO.POKO.1
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Poko
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To perish
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Niue
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PN.POO-QULI
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Poouli
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To be dark; heathen, uncivilized
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Niue
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PN.TAKA.1B
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Taka/pe
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Widow; to be widowed
Problematic
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Niue
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XW.KOOKOO.2A
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Ta/kookoo
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To be open [ex. house]; deep. Hollow (Bib.)
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Niue
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PN.TATAU.2
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Tau
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To match; to be the same or similar
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Niue
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PN.TATAU.2
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Tatai
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To be even, equal, the same
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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OC.TIPI.1A
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Ti/tipi
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Knife
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Niue
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PN.TAQO-KUPU
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Tookupu
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Waist; to tie tightly around the waist
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Niue
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PN.TAKU.1
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Toku/toku
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To tell, mention; to give a bad reputation
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Niue
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PN.FUA.5A
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Tuu/fua
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Barren, infertile (of women)
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Niue
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AN.FOAKI
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Poa
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Offering, gift; sacrifice
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.TUKU.D
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Tuku
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To stop, finish, end
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Niue
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PN.TUKU.B
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Tuku/tuku
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To place, to put down
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Niue
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PN.TUPE.1
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Tupe
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Money
Borrowed
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Niue
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OC.TUPUNA
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Matua tupuna
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Grandparent
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Niue
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MP.UI
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Ui/ina
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To be invited; invitation
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Niue
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PN.WALA.2
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Vala/vala
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Small pieces, crumbs
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Niue
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FJ.HUU.2
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Huu/anga
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Hiding place, safe place
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-HALA
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ʔAuala
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The roadside
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Side of lake or river or any such body of water (fresh or salt)
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Niue
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Waterside, bank
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Bord (de la rivière); conduite d'eau, canal d'irrigation secondaire (à Sigave)
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East Uvea
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Rivage, rive, berge, bord
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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ʔAuvai
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The bank of a river, lake, pond, well or any other place containing water
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kau/gutu/vai
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Riverbank, shoreline of lake
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU-QAA
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Kau ʔaa
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Stick fence, as about a garden
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Rennellese
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EC.KAU-GUTU
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Kau ngutu
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Top of sides, as of canoe (Be)
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East Futuna
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaliga
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Oreille complète, y compris la partie du crâne ou elle est implantée
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Samoan
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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ʔAualiʔi
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A talie tree (Terminalia); a keel of a canoe made of talie (A chief's word)
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Tokelau
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaliga
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Ear lobe
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Anuta
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Tree with small, red edible fruit
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West Futuna
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaringa
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Side of lobe of ear
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Tikopia
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Tree (Terminalia catappa)....
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Tikopia
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kaufata
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Open frame of wood used to support filter cloth in turmeric manufacture...
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kau hata
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Drying platform for coconut-leaf torches; poles comprising canoe platform
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kau taginga
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Ear lobe and outer rim
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Takuu
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautarina
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Ear; tuning key of guitar
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-FATA
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ʔAuhaka
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Spindle-legged; spindleshanks; an animal with slender legs
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Large deciduous trees with spreading branches and tough reddish wood (Terminalia glabrata and T.capatta), said to have been a sacred tree under which chiefs met
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Tahitian
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Aufata
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To lay fire wood cross-wise
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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River
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Rarotongan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Body of (usually fresh) water, river
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kauwhata
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Stage or frame for fish, etc.
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Aupape
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A square bed of taro; a division in a taro ground
Problematic
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