| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Niue
|
AN.PULA.2A
|
Mata/pula
|
Pearl (in eye)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MEGE
|
Me/mege
|
To shrink, contract; wrinkled with age
|
|
Niue
|
OC.FATI.A
|
A/fati
|
Rough, broken reef; blowholes. Coastal cliff with no reef (McE).
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
AN.QAHO
|
Aho/ngia
|
Overtaken by daylight
|
|
Niue
|
PN.QUMOTI
|
Omoti
|
A cork, stopper
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FAI-TAMA
|
Faitama
|
To have a child
|
|
Niue
|
TA.INA-INA
|
Faka/inaina
|
To produce desire
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FAKA-LOTOLOTO-RUA
|
Faka/ua/ua
|
To be reluctant, undecided
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FANOGO.A
|
Fenono
|
Silence (of a person)
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FANOGO.A
|
Faka/fenono
|
To be silent
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAWE.2A
|
Faka/lave/lave
|
Obstruct, hinder, cause strife
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FAKA-LOGO
|
Faka(no)nono
|
To be silent
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TILA
|
Faka/tila
|
To steer, to veer off
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
SO.TOKO-TULI
|
Faka/tokotui
|
To kneel
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FAKA-TONU.B
|
Fakatonu
|
To tell plainly
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TAMAKI.1
|
Fe/tamaki
|
To nearly happen, to have a narrow escape
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
EO.FILO
|
Filo kaufana
|
Bow string
|
|
Niue
|
OC.FAQO.1C
|
Fo
|
To bore a hole. To mortise (Tgr).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.HAGAI
|
Hagai
|
To look towards
|
|
Niue
|
PN.SAKI
|
Haki
|
To throw down
|
|
Niue
|
PN.HOFI
|
Ho/hofi noa
|
To yearn over. To be merciful (McE).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MULU.1
|
Kai/mulu
|
To harvest prematurely; to deplete; to harvest (steal) someone else's crops. Greedy (Lws).
|
|
Niue
|
MP.KAFA.1
|
Kafa
|
Cinnet
|
|
Niue
|
SO.KAPUTI
|
Kaputi
|
A covering for fruit
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
NP.KAWA.1B
|
Ka/kava (pass. kava/hia (Lws)).
|
Acrid, bitter
Problematic
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele
|
Dirty, muddy, clayey, turbid
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele
|
Turbid, muddy
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele/kele
|
Couvert de terre, souillé par la terre, sale
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele/kele
|
Etre sale; être taché; se salir
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele/kele
|
Dirt
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.KELE.B
|
ʔEle/ʔele
|
Blood (chiefly); euphemism for the menses
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele/kele
|
Blood (of human); dirt
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Gele/gele
|
Dirty
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Dirty (defiled) (clothes, fruits, human beings)
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Sandy, dirty, soiled
|
|
Nukumanu
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Speck of dirt
|
|
Nukumanu
|
PN.KELE.B
|
K/kere
|
Dust, dirt
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.KELE.B
|
ʔEle/ʔele
|
Dirty
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.KELE.B
|
(ʔ)Ele
|
Dirt, dirty
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere
|
Ritual uncleanness
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Muddy, dirty
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Dirty
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kele
|
Croute (du nez), vert-de-gris; sale
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kege/kege
|
To be dirty
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Kere/kere
|
Dirty
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KELE-A
|
Kelekelea
|
Dirty (with earth, soil, mud)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KELE-A
|
Kelea
|
Bad, evil
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.KELE-A
|
Kelekelua [sic]
|
Schmutzig
|
|
Nukumanu
|
PN.KELE.B
|
Manava k/kere
|
Envious, jealous
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.KELE-A
|
Kelekelea
|
Soiled, dirty
|