| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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SO.KAPUTI
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Kaputi
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Buds of a shoot {kauloloa} of a coconut tree
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West Futuna
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PN.FAALIKI
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Farigi/ŋatau (WFU)
|
Placing leaves below the earth in which taro is planted
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West Futuna
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AN.FOQOU
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Fou, fau (ANI)
|
New, young
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West Futuna
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PN.FOHU
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Fau-a (ANI)
|
To bore
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West Futuna
|
AN.FONU.2
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Fau/fonu (ANI)
|
A beetle
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West Futuna
|
PN.PANI.3
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Fau/pani (ANI)
|
Bond, covenant
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
ʔAulama
|
Bundle of dry coconut leaves (esp. used as a flare)
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Tokelau
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SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Kaulama
|
Dried coconut leaf or leaves
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Tuvalu
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Kaulama
|
Dried coconut leaves
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Nukuoro
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Gau lama
|
Rachis of the coconut leaf
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Rennellese
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Kau gama
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Base of coconut-leaf torch, discarded after the torch is burned out
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Luangiua
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SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Aulama
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Dried coconut leaves; flexible, of leaves
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Sikaiana
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
Kaulama
|
A branch of dried coconut leaves
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Hawaiian
|
SO.KAU-LAMA
|
ʔAulama
|
To light with a torch
Problematic
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|
Luangiua
|
EC.KOOPUU.B
|
Aupu
|
Bag
Phonologically Irregular
|
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West Futuna
|
AN.FOLAU
|
Forau
|
To travel by water; to go abroad
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.MA-QOPO
|
Haa/ŋaupoo
|
Collect
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
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NO.FAKA-PULU
|
Hagabulu mau!
|
Watch your step climbing!
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West Futuna
|
PN.KAA.1
|
Ka/ka
|
To laugh and crow (of infant)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KUPEGA
|
Ka/kaupega (ANI)
|
Dragnet (Paton)
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West Futuna
|
FJ.KALOLO
|
Kalele
|
To pull bowstring taut before letting go
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Takuu
|
NO.TAA.6
|
Taa
|
(of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road...
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Rennellese
|
SO.TATA.2
|
Tata
|
To drag, haul or move, as trash or a canoe; to draw, as a bow...
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Tokelau
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SO.TATA.2
|
Tata
|
Pull forcefully, haul violently; (grab); a fish-trap...which can be closed by pulling a line
|
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West Futuna
|
SO.KASA
|
Kasa
|
Be caught, trapped (e.g. fish swimming into hole in reef)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.2B
|
Kau
|
Person (ta kau, plural a fa kau)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.HAKAU
|
Kau
|
Reef, rocks
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West Futuna
|
PN.QAU.2
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K/au-a
|
To remove the bark of a tree
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West Futuna
|
PN.KAKAWA
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Kava/kava. Kau/kava (Cpl).
|
To sweat. To be heated, sweat (n,v) (Cpl).
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West Futuna
|
NP.KAWA-KAWA-QATUA
|
Kaukava atua
|
'Hemlock'
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West Futuna
|
OC.KUPEGA
|
Kupega, kaupega, koupega. Kupenga (FUT), gopena (ANI) (Cpl).
|
Fishing net; spider's web (esp. sticky web used as bait). Filet (grand) (Rve).
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West Futuna
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PN.KAU.5
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Kau/tariŋa
|
Side of lobe of ear
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West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.5
|
Kau/isu
|
Septum of nose
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West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.5
|
Kau/fafa
|
Jawbone
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West Futuna
|
EC.KAVAU
|
Kavau
|
To make a great noise
Problematic
|
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Tongan
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Cord or rope with which the outrigger is bound to the kiato
Borrowed
|
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Luangiua
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Kauama
|
Rope from mast to main hoho’a [beam parallel to outrigger boom]
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Takuu
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud
|
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Sikaiana
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tau ama
|
A rope on the outrigger canoe that runs from the mast to the boom and then back to the stern of the canoe
|
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Tuamotu
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
The left/port side of a canoe; the outrigger side
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
A canoe with an outrigger
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Rope fixed to sail; tiller
|
|
Samoan
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
The name of a rope in a sailing canoe
|
|
Rennellese
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Persons in a small canoe following a large canoe netting flying fish...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
|
Rope connecting mast with the outrigger
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
|
The mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
|
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Luangiua
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Kaulaki
|
Follow
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautari
|
Follow (an example), imitate
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Sikaiana
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SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautali
|
Follow another, walk behind
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East Futuna
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautali
|
Suivre (intransitif); suivre à la piste (transitif)
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