| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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EO.TUFA.1
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Tufa
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Share out, distribute
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Tokelau
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PN.TUQU-GA.1
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Tuuga/a/fale
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Piece of land for a house, section for a home
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Tokelau
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PN.TUQU-GA.1
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Tuuga/a/koho
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Place where the coconut-husking stake is pitched
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Tokelau
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PN.TUU-KAU.A
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Tuukau
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The wooden butt or handle on to which the bamboo rod is fastened by lashing with sennit
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Tokelau
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PN.TULI.3
|
Tuli
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Pursue, chase (in order to catch); expel, dismiss, drive out; send (someone on an errand); take a run (in cricket)
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Tokelau
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PN.TUULOU
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Tulou
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An archaic expression of great reverence addressed addressed to the traditional stone god; expression to show respect and courtesy before addressing a formal gathering; expression of deference used when one has to do something that is contrary to tradition or good manners, such as walking in front of someone
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Tokelau
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OC.TUPA
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Tupa
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The large beach-crab (Cardisoma sp.)
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Tokelau
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OC.TUPUNA
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Tupuna
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Grandparent
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Tokelau
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OC.TUSA
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Tuha
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Be the same, equal; be about, roughly about; according to, in accordance with
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Tokelau
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AN.TUSU.A
|
Tuhi
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Indicate with one's finger, point
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Tokelau
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OC.TUSI
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Tuhi-a
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Write, scribble; register, enter in a book; draw, paint, sketch
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Tokelau
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NP.QUFA.2
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Ufa
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Buttock(s) (impolite)
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Tokelau
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PN.QUFI.3
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Ufi/ufi
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Put on (lid, cap, etc.), cover; conceal, cover up, defend (of conduct, behaviour)
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Tokelau
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AN.QUGA
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Uga
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Hermit-crabs (Coenobita spp.) in general
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Tokelau
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PN.QUGA-KOA
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Ugakoa
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Variety of sharp prickly coral found on the upper surface of the reef, pinkish in colour
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Tokelau
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XW.UKA-MEA
|
Ukamea
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Metal (steel or iron)
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Tokelau
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MP.QULI.1
|
Uli(uli)
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Steer (a canoe or boat)
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Tokelau
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CP.QULU-QULU
|
Uluulu
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Part of reef just inland of the channels
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Tokelau
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PN.QULU-MATUQA
|
Ulumatua
|
Eldest child
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Tokelau
|
PN.QULU-TUKI
|
Ulutuki
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A giant grouper which can grow up to three metres long
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Tokelau
|
OC.UMA.A
|
Uma
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The front part or breast of a bird
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Tokelau
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PN.QUME-LEI
|
Umelei
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Smooth-headed Unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
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Tokelau
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CP.QUMITI
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Umiti
|
Crave for a particular food, particularly fish
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Tokelau
|
AN.QUNAFI
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Unafi
|
Scale (n,v)
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Tokelau
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PN.QUNOKO
|
Unoko
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Bruise; be bruised
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Tokelau
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FU.UNU.2
|
Unu
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Line or row of dancers
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Tokelau
|
MP.USO.1A
|
Uho
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Pith (of trees)
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Tokelau
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OC.USU.1
|
Uhu
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(of a man) Pay one's court, woo, solicit in love; start (a fight or quarrel)
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Tokelau
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OC.UTO
|
Uto
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Floats (of a fish net)
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Tokelau
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OC.QUTO
|
Uto
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Germinating coconut; young sprout of, or spongy growth inside, germinating coconut
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Tokelau
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PN.WAI-MUQA
|
Vainoa
|
The ninth month of the Tokelau traditional year, from mid-August to mid-September...
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
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PN.WAI-PUNA
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Vaipuna
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Spring, water-source
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Tokelau
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PN.WAI-TAFE
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Vaitafe
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River, stream
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Tokelau
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PN.WAI-WAI
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Vaivai
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Soft, tender
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Tokelau
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
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Rib-cage, skeleton (of a bird, without wings and legs)
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Tokelau
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PN.WALA.2
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Vala
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(of a road or path) Branch off; be different, be separate
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Tokelau
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MP.WAO.A
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Vao
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Weed (including patch of land covered with grass); forest, bush, wilderness
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Tokelau
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NP.WATA
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Vata/vata
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Full of holes, porous, soft and light
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Tokelau
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XW.VAVAE.*
|
Vavae
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Kapok tree (Ceiba sp.)...; cotton wool; wick, mantle, fuse
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Tokelau
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NP.WAWAO
|
Vavao
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Restrain, stop someone from doing something; curfew, time when people are restricted from walking about the village...
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Tokelau
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OC.WELI.1
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Veli
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A small greyish species of sea cucumber (Holothuria sp.)
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Tokelau
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PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
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Goatfish (Mulloidichthys samoensis)
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Waya
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PN.PAKOLA
|
Bokola
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Body of an enemy to be eaten...
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Pukapuka
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PN.QA
|
A
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Possessive marker
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Pukapuka
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AN.QANUFE
|
Anue
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Brown/black caterpillar
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Samoan
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PN.QAU-HULU
|
ʔAusulu
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Axe (so called before chiefs)
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Tokelau
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PN.QAU-HULU
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Auhulu/hulu
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Do something diligently, work very hard; flee, run for one's life
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Nuguria
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OC.TINO.A
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Tino-henua
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Main part, main island
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Rarotongan
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OC.TINO.A
|
Tino
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The body; the bulk, the main part
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Samoan
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PN.TINO.C
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Ti/tino
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(postposed) Definitely
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