| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.APO
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Hu/apo/ina
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Threaten
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.APO
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Hu/apo/apo
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Pretend (to do)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAKA-TAFA
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Huataha
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Move aside, get out, keep away
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.TAKALO
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Hua/takalo
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Play (mainly of children)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.FAKA-MATALA
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Huatala
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Explain
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.FUA.3B
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Hua/tangata
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Penis
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.FUA.3B
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Hua/hahine
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Vulva, woman's external sexual organs
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.TAKA-FULI
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Hua/takahuli
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Be fat and healthy (usually used of young offspring)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FAKA-TAGI
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Hua/tangi/a
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Make sound; make cry; play (instrument)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU.4
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Hua/tau/tau. Va/tau/tau.
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Argue, quarrel
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAKA-TUQU
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Huathu/lia
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Make stand
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FULU.3
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Huluhulu/maki
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Feel sick, have fever
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.FAKA-FUA
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Huohua
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Swell of the sea
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.TUFU.1
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Hutu
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Well, spring, stream, brook
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.MONO.A
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I/mono
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Dried snot in the nostrils
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAFA-GA
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Kahanga
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Rope on legs for climbing coconut palms
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MEO
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Kai/meo
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Be envious
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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XO.KANO.1B
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Kano/kaenga
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Community, all the people, pigs, houses, plantations, etc. on an island
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Nukumanu
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XO.KANO.1B
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Kano/henua
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People; crowd
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Rennellese
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XO.KANO.1B
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Kano
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Persons, group of persons
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Tikopia
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XO.KANO.1B
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Kano
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Collective body, totality
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Tuvalu
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XO.KANO.1B
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Kano
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Relation, related
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAPI.C
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Kapi/kapi/nihi
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Be full inside, be overcrowded
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.UKAU
|
Kau
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Pneumonia
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KALEQA
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Kle/vihi
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Conch shell
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KUA.1
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Ko
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Particle signifying phasal aspect, a change in the world, a command or strong wish or simply a progression of events in a narrative
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.KA-ATI-RA
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Kohi
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Be finished
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU.6
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Ku
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1s prenuclear clitic pronoun
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuonga
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Trunk...i.e. the body minus arms, legs and head
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuo/kuonga
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Be fat
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.LAA.2B
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La
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Their (3rd prenuclear possessive pronoun)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NO.SALAFALU
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Lahalu
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A small tree (Its strong wood is used for making bows, traps and house building) [TAU]
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CK.KISI.2
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La/kii
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A kind of grasshopper singing loud at sunset
Problematic
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Takuu
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PN.KALISI.1B
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Karisi/ttai
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Water Strider (Gerridae spp.)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FIFI.2A
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La/vihi
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Get stuck, not fit, be too long
Problematic
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.LE-LEA.1
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Lele/ina
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Swear at, talk badly about, judge
Problematic
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Lha
|
He, she (3s)
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Sikaiana
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AN.AFIAFI
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Ahiahi
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The evening time, starting from just before sunset until after it is dark and the sun’s reflection can no longer be seen on the horizon; from about 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MATA-QELE
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Maele
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A fish
Problematic
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAKA-SEKE
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Huaeke/eke
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Surf (pl)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.PAA.2C
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Pa/ki/ake
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Be washed up, be pushed up
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.PAKI.1
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Paki/a
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Hit, kick (with the foot), tap, beat, strike
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MO-QI
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Mei/taine
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Girl
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TERE.B
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Tele
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Travel
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.MOMO.A
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Momo/ina
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Share pieces
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MA-QENE
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Maele
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(The touch in) a chase-and-touch game
Problematic
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CC.FUNA.3
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Ma/huna/huna, mafunafuna
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Be in pieces, be out of order
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.MAKA-LILI
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Maliki
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Be cold (of things, not persons)
Problematic
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MAQU-QALUGA
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Ma/lunga
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Be high, be on level with [Taumako Dialect]
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.GALO.2
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Ma/ngalo uiui
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Name of several different fish
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