| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.LIE.*
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Rii
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Nit, egg of louse
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.LIE.*
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Lii
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Small head lice
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TOKO.1C
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Togo
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To buttress; support (weight); prop up (prevent from falling sideways); lateral buttressing; to depend on. Guard (v) (Emy).
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TUQA.1B
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Tuwa o te hare
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Roof
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TUQA.1B
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Dua dala
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On the roof
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Kapingamarangi
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MP.KATO.1
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Gada
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Basket
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.KANO.1A
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Gano/gano
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A large yellow taro
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.LEWA.1
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Lewe
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Ancient dance-song; phonograph
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.LEWA.1
|
Rev
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Dancing
Problematic
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Kapingamarangi
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AN.TAGI.A
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Dangi/dangi
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To beg, to ask forgiveness
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Kapingamarangi
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MP.FULU.1
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Ngaa/hulu
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Hair; feather
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Nuguria
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NP.FAAFAA-LUA
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Hai-hai-rua
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Devil fish
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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FJ.LII.2
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Haka/ri/ti
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Suicide, hang oneself
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Tongan
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Toupili
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To follow round closely, to dog one's footsteps
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Niue
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupili
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To be attached to one another
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupili
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Suivre à la piste
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Nuguria
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
|
Near, close by; adjoin, border on
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri, toupiri
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Near, close
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupili
|
Close to or near, in time or space; to be close to doing something
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Kaupili
|
Beloved wife or friend; beloved friendship; united in such close relationship
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiʔi (MQS)
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S'unir, s'approcher, s'accoupler; ne faire qu'un
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Toupiʔi
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Ne faire qu'un, n'avoir qu'une seule parole
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Mangareva
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Toupiri
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Dépendre de quelqu'un, tirer son existence de quelqu'un
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
|
The train of the paper kite
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri/maona
|
A wrestling match
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
|
The tail of a kite (FAG,ANA)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
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Clinging close, maintaining attachment, intimate
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Nuguria
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PN.PUTA.2
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H/hata
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Having a blister, blistered
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
|
MP.SISI.2
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Hihi
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Shell meat, lips of clam-shells
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Nuguria
|
EO.INO-QI
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Hino
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Bent, bowed down (of a person)
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Hiti
|
Black people (Melanesian and Bougainville people)
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Nuguria
|
XO.SUKU
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Huku (te tao)
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Shaft (of spear)
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Nuguria
|
AN.IRI.A
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Iri
|
Fan (n); a kind of dance for women
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Nuguria
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MP.PALALAFA
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Karrapa
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Central coconut leaf midrib
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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MP.PALALAFA
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Kallapa
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Base of a coconut frond on which a large canoe is placed to keep it off the ground while being stored
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.KAO-KAO
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Kaukau
|
Longitudinal house strut
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAO-KAO
|
Kaukau
|
A part of the roof of a house: a pole that rests horizontally on the large roof beams {oka naniu} and supports the small roofbeams {oka likiliki}
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
|
PN.KO-IA
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Koi
|
Only (postposed)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
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Maggoty, anty, etc., having a lot of insects or other little creatures in it or on it
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East Uvea
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
|
Etre plein de petites bêtes
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East Futuna
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
|
Etre plein de vers intestinaux
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Nukuoro
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
|
Diseased
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Nuguria
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
|
Get insects (of an old flower)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MANU-A
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Manu/manua/a
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Rotten, of timber etc.
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.MANU-A
|
Manua
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To be infected, eaten, germ-ridden
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQU-LALO
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Mauraro
|
Low, shallow (of water)
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Pukapuka
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PN.MAQU-.2
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Mao-
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Prefix used to indicate "further, more": maolunga 'shallow', maolalo 'deep', maoake 'east wind'
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Rapa
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PN.MAQU-.2
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Mao/ake
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East wind
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Samoan
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PN.MAQU-.2
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Mao-
|
Prefix used with locative bases to indicate "further in the direction of"
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Tokelau
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PN.MAQU-.2
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Mao-
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Prefix used with locational nouns (loto, mua, muli and tua) to indicate "too far" in a specific direction
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