| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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PN.KELE-A
|
Kelekelea/a
|
To be dirty, covered in soil, sand, dirt
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
MP.KEMO
|
Kemo/kemo
|
To blink; to make signs with the eyes
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAMA.1
|
Lama/kai
|
To be mean, stingy
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
CP.SEU
|
Ma/heu/heu
|
Dishevelled
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KIWI.2
|
Mata/kivi
|
Blind (abusive)
|
|
Niue
|
CE.MATA-POOURI
|
Matapoouli
|
Blind one, the blind
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TUQU-TAGA
|
Faka/tutaga/maalie
|
Half
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MASA-IA
|
Mahaia
|
To be left stranded by the outgoing tide (e.g. fish or dolphin); to be no longer floating, to run aground (of a boat or canoe approaching the shore)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MASA-IA
|
Mahaia
|
Aground (of fish)
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.MASA-IA
|
Masaria
|
Adversely sffected by the tide being shallow
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.MASA-IA
|
Masaia
|
To be shallow, stranded by low tide
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MASA-IA
|
Masaia
|
Trapped by low water (e.g. canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
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|
East Futuna
|
XW.MATE-GUUGUU
|
Mate guuguu
|
Etre engourdi
|
|
East Uvea
|
XW.MATE-GUUGUU
|
Mateguuguu
|
Engourdi, paralysé
|
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Tongan
|
XW.MATE-GUUGUU
|
Mate-nguunguu
|
To be tired out and moaning or groaning with exhaustion; also said of one's hand or arm when stiff or insensate after being lain on or anaesthetized
|
|
Niue
|
XW.MATE-GUUGUU
|
Mateguuguu
|
To be physically tired, exhausted, weary
|
|
Niue
|
FJ.MELE.3
|
Mele
|
Hacking cough, clearing cough
|
|
Niue
|
PN.SOANI
|
Fai/hoani
|
Help
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KOWI.B
|
Fe/kovi/aki
|
Mutual variance
|
|
Niue
|
XW.MAALIE.C
|
Malie
|
Exclamation showing pleasure at fine singing or dancing (Samoan)
|
|
Niue
|
OC.HULI.1
|
Uli/hega
|
Round scad (Decapterus macrosoma). Herring (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
XW.VILI.2
|
Vili
|
To vote, to cast lots; to elect to make a special visit
|
|
Samoan
|
XW.VILI.2
|
Vili
|
The name of a game hazard; applied to lots
|
|
Tokelau
|
XW.VILI.2
|
Vili
|
Lot (for deciding something by chance); lottery
|
|
Tuvalu
|
XW.VILI.2
|
Vili
|
Dice; lot for deciding something
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Tuʔu kehe, tuʔukehe
|
To stand apart or on one's own; to take a different view...
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Tu ʔkese
|
To stand out as different
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Duu gee
|
Out of alignment
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Duu gee
|
Out of alignment
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Kuuʔee
|
To oppose, resist, protest...
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Tuuke/tuuke
|
Ne pas être d'accord, du même avis
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Tuukee
|
Different, altered, strange queer
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.TUQU-KEHE
|
Tuukee
|
Different, strange
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TE-QA
|
Ha
|
Genitive case marker with plural pronouns
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.TE-QA
|
Heʔe-
|
Possessive (dominant) prefix with pronouns
|
|
Niue
|
NP.TEE-IA.*
|
Haia
|
That (referring to something already mentioned); that is, that is it, there it is, that is so, etc.
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
XW.SUU.3
|
Hu/feilo
|
To bow down, to kneel in reverence; to surrender; to sue for peace
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.HUI-MATUQA
|
Hui-motuʔa
|
Backbone
|
|
Niue
|
PN.HUI-MATUQA
|
Hui-motua
|
Bones of the living
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.HUI-MATUQA
|
Te ivi matua
|
Backbone
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.HUI-MATUQA
|
Iwi madua
|
Spine, backbone
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Hui tuʔa
|
Backbone
|
|
Niue
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivitua
|
Backbone
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivi tuahivi
|
Spine
Problematic
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivitua
|
Backbone
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivi tua
|
Backbone [in Eng-Tok]
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ui tua
|
Backbone
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
(Iwi) kuamoʔo
|
Spine, backbone
Problematic
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivi tua
|
Colonne vertébrale
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.HUI-TUQA
|
Ivi tua
|
Epine dorsale
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