| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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SO.TUQU-TA
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Tuta
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Junction of two logs forming the hull of a canoe
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Rennellese
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SO.TUQU-TA
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Tuʔuta
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Overlap of niaki or rows of thatch panels in a house
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West Futuna
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SO.TUQU-TA
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Tuta
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Canoe made of two trees [Aniwa Dialect]
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Niue
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SO.TUQU-TA
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Tuta/vaha. Tuta/vaaha (McE).
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Horizon of the ocean; out to sea
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Pukapuka
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SO.TUQU-TA
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Tuuta
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To lash together (e.g. plank canoe with through and through lashing); house thatching section
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Tokelau
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XW.TU-QUTA
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Tuuta
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(of canoe, boat or traveller by sea) Arrive, land, reach
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Tokelau
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PN.KIE.B
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Kie
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Garment worn by men and women consisting of a two-metre length of cloth worn on the lower part of the body, in wrap-around fashion; clothes (in general); bed-linen, bed sheet
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Kwara'ae
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PN.HUQA
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Lua
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High tide
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Lau
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PN.HUQA
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Lua
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The flood tide. (Tidal) flux (AKm).
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Mota
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PN.HUQA
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Rue
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High tide; flow, of tide
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Nggela
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PN.HUQA
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Lua
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Full tide
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Sa'a
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PN.HUQA
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Lue
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Flood-tide
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Samoan
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SO.SUQA.B
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Sua
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To rise, of the tide
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Anuta
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AN.MATA.2A
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Mata
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Raw, undone. Unripe (Yen).
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MOTO.2A
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Modo
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Unripe
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Sikaiana
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PN.MOTO.2A
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Moto
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To be unripe, of fruit
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Tikopia
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PN.MOTO.2A
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Moto/moto
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Freshly mature [ex. coconut]; virgin (girl or boy)
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East Futuna
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PN.FAKA-SEKE
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Fakaseke/seke
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Faire du surf
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East Futuna
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PN.FAKA-SEKE
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Fakaseke galu
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Suivre le mouvement des vagues
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Toqabaqita
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CE.GASU.1
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Ngatu/fia
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(Of dog etc.) snap at, as if to bite
Problematic
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Penrhyn
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FJ.QULAFI
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Rahi
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Long-nosed parrotfish (Hipposcarus longiceps)
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Mangareva
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FJ.QULAFI
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Raʔi
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Nom d'un poisson
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Hawaiian
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FJ.SAU.5
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(Ha)hau
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To lay before; to offer as a sacrifice or prayer
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Luangiua
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FJ.FOHI
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Ohi
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Peel
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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FJ.FOHI
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Ohi
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To peel, as bark (rare)
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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FJ.OLO.1
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Olo
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Hill (rare except in place names)
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Tuvalu
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FJ.HOGAHOGA.A
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Ogogo
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Small herb used for fertilizer for taro crops (Acalypha grandis)
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Rarotongan
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PN.SOGO
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ʔOngoʔongo
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Stink (especially of the stench of urine and similar fetid odours)
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Tokelau
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NP.QALA-QALA
|
Alaala
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Sit up and talk during the evening
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Tikopia
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NP.QALA-QALA
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Araara
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Talk, discuss, yarn
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Anuta
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NP.QALA-QALA
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Araara
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To chat, discuss; discussion
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Rennellese
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NP.QALA-QALA
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ʔAgaʔaga
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To shout, dance, pray, as while carving a canoe or to alleviate the pain of one being tattooed and to keep him from fainting
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Tongan
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PN.ALA-FIA
|
Ala
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Put out one’s hand; touch, finger or meddle with (ki); to put one’s hand to the work, to take an active part in it
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Tongan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala/si
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Touch or meddle with (something that one is anxious no-one should touch)
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Tongan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala(fi)
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To gather or catch with the hands (certain kinds of shellfish and small crabs)
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East Uvea
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala(ala)
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Palper, toucher, porter la main sur, caresser
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Tongan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Alafia
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(of a woman) To be married; not to be a virgin
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East Uvea
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala/si
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Toucher, arracher (e.g. ignames)
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Samoan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala/faga
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A morning angling
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Tuvalu
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Alafia
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To perceive (the underlying cause, or hidden meaning)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Alafia
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To be hurt by joining in another’s quarrel, or through one’s own fault
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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NP.KAI.1B
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Ai/ʔai ivi
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Arthritis
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Samoan
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PN.QANA-POGIPOGI
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ʔAnapogi
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Fast (n,v)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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PN.LAQAA-INA
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Faʔa/laaina
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Fast (v)
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Samoan
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AN.QATE.1
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Ate/aliʔi
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Pancreas
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2A
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ʔAu ivi
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Skeleton
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Samoan
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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ʔAutaliga, ʔauoletaliga
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Lobe of ear
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Samoan
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PN.LAWE.2A
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Faʔa/lave/lave
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Important occasion; accident, danger, trouble (anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity)
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Samoan
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EO.TAFI
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Faʔa/tafi
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Purge the stomach
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Samoan
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NP.TOO.1B
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Faʔa/too/saga
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Midwife, birth attendant
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