| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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PN.MILI
|
Mili/a
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To be spoiled through constant touching, as when a child plays too roughly with a kitten
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Anuta
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PN.MILI
|
Miri
|
To drill or bore a hole in something
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Hawaiian
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PN.MILI
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Mili/mili
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To examine with interest or curiosity and admiration
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Niue
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PN.MILO.2A
|
Milo
|
To move about
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Samoan
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PN.MILO.2A
|
Milo/si
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Be twisted; cross-grained, perverse
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Samoan
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PN.MILO.2A
|
Mi/milo
|
Be perverse, act contrarily
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Tokelau
|
PN.MILO.2A
|
Milo/hia
|
Twisted, sprained
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Tokelau
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PN.MILO.2A
|
Mi/milo
|
Twist, turn, change direction
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Nukuoro
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NP.MILO.2B
|
M/milo
|
Flow of current
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.MILO.2B
|
Mira
|
Make a whirlpool
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Hawaiian
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NP.MILO.2B
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Milo
|
Whirl, as water
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.MILO.2B
|
Miro
|
Whirling current of water
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Anuta
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioi
|
Twist something in the hand, wring out; express cream from grated coconut using hibiscus fibre
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East Futuna
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioʔi
|
Tordre d'un coup, étrangler
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Niue
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioi
|
Writhe, move about in a disorderly manner
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Tongan
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Ma/mio
|
Twisted; twist or wriggle about; try to wriggle out of one's duty
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West Uvea
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioi/a
|
Tordre; hacher (viande)
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East Uvea
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PN.MIO.1A
|
(Mi(o))mio
|
Faire tourner, tordre, prendre des détours
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East Uvea
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PN.MIO.1A
|
(Mio)mioʔi
|
Tourner, entortiller
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East Futuna
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Mio
|
Presser, essorer, tordre
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East Futuna
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Ma/mio
|
Tourner en rond (une fois); faire un tour sur soi-même; se tortiller
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Samoan
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Mio
|
Wander about, go round about
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Samoan
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioi
|
Act perversely
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Tokelau
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PN.MIO.1A
|
Mi/mio
|
Twist, wring, bend
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Tuvalu
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PN.MIO.1A
|
M/mio
|
Twist, turn, screw; twist fibres to make string
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Samoan
|
EC.MIO.1B
|
Mi/mio
|
Be confused, as a current at sea
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Rennellese
|
EC.MIO.1B
|
Mio
|
Leak, trickle, spurt, drip
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Mioi
|
Twist; wring hands, as twisting hibiscus fibre pad with overhand movement to express coconut cream from grated coconut
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Tokelau
|
PN.MIO.1A
|
Ma/mio
|
Warped, bent, askew; sprained, twisted
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAMA.1B
|
Tama/a
|
Small, little (precedes noun or verb)
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Tokelau
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PN.TAMA.1B
|
Tama/aki
|
Very small, tiny, wee; barely (precedes noun or verb)
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Takuu
|
PN.TAMA.1B
|
Tama/a-
|
Diminutive prefix: small, little, tiny
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Luangiua
|
PN.TAMA.1B
|
Kama/a-, maka/a-
|
Diminutive prefix
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Samoan
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PN.TAMA.1B
|
Tama/ʔi
|
The young of animals or plants
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Tongan
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PN.TAMA.1B
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Tama/ʔaki
|
To be related to in a parent-and-child-like way...
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAMA.1B
|
Dama
|
Small or miniature
|
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Rennellese
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PN.TAMA.1B
|
Tama/ʔaki
|
Small, insignificant, or pitiful person
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Easter Island
|
PN.MILO.2A
|
Miro
|
To encircle, surround, turn around
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Pukapuka
|
EC.LALI.3
|
Lalii tua
|
Grouper (Cephalopholis sexmaculata)
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Pukapuka
|
EC.LASO.B
|
Yalo
|
Abdomen of coconut crab
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Nukuoro
|
EC.LASO.B
|
Laso
|
Posterior portion of hermit crab
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Penrhyn
|
EC.LASO.B
|
Raso
|
Abdomen, soft part of crustaceans, used as bait
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Pukapuka
|
PN.RAU.2
|
Lau
|
One hundred
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Pukapuka
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
Food platter of coconut leaf
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Pukapuka
|
SO.LAVA-A
|
Lavaa
|
(of a capable person) Able to do or understand more
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Pukapuka
|
NP.LEMO.2
|
Lemo/yi
|
Delicious, good tasting
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
|
NP.LEMO.2
|
Lemo/yia
|
Oily, slippery, hence pleasant tasting
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Pukapuka
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FJ.LEPA.1
|
Lepa
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(of sail) Flap in the wind
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Pukapuka
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EP.REWA.1A
|
Lewa
|
Dead
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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PN.LOTO.C
|
Looto/a
|
Deeply in love
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