| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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XW.NUTI
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Nuti/nuti
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Prepare a banana leaf for wreath-making by rubbing between hands until soft; rub and squeeze clothes under water
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East Uvea
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XW.NUTI
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Nusi, nunusi, nusinusi
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Frotter, broyer entre ses mains, écraser entre les doigts; saupoudrer, semer
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East Uvea
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XW.NUTI
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Nuki(nuki)
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Frotter entre ses doigts, broyer avec les mains
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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XW.NUTI
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Nuki
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Frotter à la main (linge); frotter avec de la bourre de coco le coco râpé pour le rendre plus fin et plus juteux
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
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XW.NUTI
|
Nuti
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To crush in the hand, to break in pieces
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Tokelau
|
XW.NUTI
|
Nuti
|
Crush, smash, break; (of heart) be broken; hand-wash (clothes)
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Tokelau
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XW.NUTI
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Nu/nuti
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Screw up, crumple (paper etc.)
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Tuvalu
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XW.NUTI
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N/nuti
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To squeeze, as in washing clothes by hand
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Tuvalu
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XW.NUTI
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Nuti momomo
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To break into small pieces, smash up, squeeze into small fragments
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Tongan
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EO.HOKA.2
|
Oko/oka
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Stake or pole driven into the sand and used for mooring a boat or canoe
Borrowed
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Niue
|
EP.KORE
|
Ole(ole)
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(with negative) Not much
Problematic
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|
Niue
|
PN.QALO-POQOU
|
Olopoou
|
Mother (name given to new mother having her first child)
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Niue
|
PN.MA-AGI
|
Pa/agi
|
To glide or float up and down in the air
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
|
PN.POGA.1
|
Pango
|
Fern sp. (Cyclosorus invisus)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
|
XW.PAGO.2
|
Pango
|
(of persons) Vulgar, ill-mannered, offensive in speech or behaviour; (of things) regrettable, unfortunate, annoying
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Niue
|
XW.PAGO.2
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Pango/taa
|
Prisoner, convict. Slave (McE).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Uvea
|
XW.PAGO.2
|
Pago
|
Ennuyeux, turbulent, importun, facheux
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Samoan
|
XW.PAGO.2
|
Pago
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To forbid things being given away in hopes of getting them for oneself; to make trading difficult by suggestions made to the trader by a third party; to interfere with trade so as to injure
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Samoan
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XW.PAGO.2
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Paago/taa
|
Offender, transgressor, criminal
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Tuvalu
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XW.PAGO.2
|
Pago/taa
|
Prisoner, captive
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West Uvea
|
PN.POGA.1
|
Panggo
|
Fougère épiphyte (Platycerium grande)
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
|
PN.QUTI.1
|
Pag/uti
|
To make a light crackling sound [when eaten]
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Tongan
|
MP.PAKU.D
|
Poku
|
Scabies
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|
Niue
|
OC.PALA.2
|
Pala/pala/veka
|
Fern spp. (Tectaria chrysotricha, T.latifolia)
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Niue
|
OC.PALA.2
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Pala/tava
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Coastal fern spp. (Phymatodes nigrescens, Acrostichum aureum)
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Tongan
|
TO.PALEA
|
Palea
|
To knock or bump or strike against something accidentally
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Niue
|
TO.PALEA
|
Palea
|
To obtain or receive something unexpectedly. Obtained in an indefinite way, or from an indefinite place; infrequent, rare (McE).
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Niue
|
PN.PALE.1B
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Pale/pale
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Reward, payment. Compensation (McE).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
|
PN.PALU.1
|
Palu teehii
|
Castor oil fish (Ruvettus pretiosus)
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Niue
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PN.PAO.1
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Pao/ga
|
To be hit well [ex. ball]
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Niue
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PN.PAQA-PAQA
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Paapaa
|
To cook, on the open fire, food wrapped in leaves
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East Uvea
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PN.PAQA-PAQA
|
Paʔapaʔa
|
Sorte de galette d'arrowroot cuite et sèche (obs.)
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East Futuna
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PN.PAQA-PAQA
|
Paʔapaʔa
|
Mets futunien à base de bananes, manioc, taros râpés ou de farine, cuit au four
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|
Tikopia
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PN.PAQA-PAQA
|
Paapaa
|
Package of grated vegetables wrapped in leaf....
|
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Niue
|
OC.PAA.3A
|
Paa/takua
|
Rod and hook for fishing bonito
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|
Niue
|
PN.TOO.3
|
Pa/too
|
To fall, to drop. Fall in scattered drops, as rain at the beginning of a shower (McE).
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Tongan
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PN.PATOKI
|
Patoki/toki
|
Black and shiny (of skin, coal, etc. but not hair)
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Niue
|
PN.PATOKI
|
Uli patoki
|
Pitch black
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PATOKI
|
Patoki(toki)
|
Extra-black, jet black
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East Uvea
|
PN.PATOKI
|
Patoki
|
Barbouillé de crasse ou de terre (obs.)
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.PATOKI
|
ʔUli patoki
|
Noir foncé
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East Futuna
|
PN.PATOKI
|
ʔUli patoki
|
Très noir
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.PATOKI
|
Uri patoke rei
|
Quite/completely black
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Niue
|
CP.PAU.1A
|
Pau/aki
|
Be deliberate; [deliberately (v)]
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|
Niue
|
PN.PEE-
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Pee/a
|
Like this (arch.)
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|
Niue
|
TA.PEKE.1C
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Peke/peke
|
To be quick
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
OC.PEQE
|
Pee/pee
|
To be smudgy, to have food on the face (due to untidy eating habits)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.PIKO.C
|
Pi/piko
|
To be disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PIKO.C
|
Piko
|
To think erroneously; to be under a misapprehension
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|
Niue
|
PN.PIKO.C
|
Piko/piko
|
To tell a lie; to lie
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