| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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MP.KILA.2
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Kikila
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Ouvrir de grands yeux; briller d'envie (yeux)
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Niue
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AN.MATUQA.C
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Matua
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Parent...;
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East Futuna
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CE.TEFA.1
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Tefa
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Etre très attaché à sa mère; faire des caprices pour rester auprès de sa mère (pour les bébés) (terme ancien); caprice
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Niue
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CP.FUQAGA
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Fuaga
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Grinding stone, tool sharpener; flint
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Emae
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PN.TAGO.B
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Ta/tago/-fia
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Grope, feel
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Luangiua
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PN.TAGO.B
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Ka/kaŋo
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Moonlight fishing with net
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Mangareva
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tago
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Chercher des écrevisses sur les basses mers parmi les pierres; faire le pêche du poulpe. To search for something on the coral reefs at low tide (Tgr)
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Marquesas
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tako (MQN), tano (MQS)
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Manière de prendre des crabes (Dln). Pêcher les "chevrettes" (crevettes) à l'épuisette; catch river-shrimps with shrimping-net (Atl).
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tango
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Reach for (as for fish in a hole)
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Tongan
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PN.TAGO.B
|
Tango
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To visit a woman at night with intent to commit fornication or adultery
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Tongan
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PN.TAGO.B
|
Tango
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To lie in wait for
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAGO.B
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Togo
|
Reach, put out hand (?)
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West Futuna
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PN.TAGO.B
|
(Tag)tago
|
Grope, feel for
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West Futuna
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tonga/fia, tongo/fia
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Gouter, essayer une nouvelle nourriture
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West Futuna
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tong/tonga/fia
|
Tâter dans le noir
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Mangareva
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PN.TAGO.B
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Tago/tago
|
Aller à la pêche de l'octopus
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Niue
|
NP.MA-QAFU.1
|
Maafu
|
To smell, to perceive a smell, to give off an odour
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Niue
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CP.NOQA
|
Noo, hi/noo
|
To tie
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|
Niue
|
CP.NOQA
|
Noo/taki
|
To tie, bind; also fig. e.g. of friendship
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Niue
|
CP.PALOLO.A
|
Palolo
|
Balolo sea-worm (not known to occur in Niue, but known from Samoa). A variety of flying-fish (McE).
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Niue
|
CP.QULU-QULU
|
Uluulu
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Reef
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Niue
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CP.SIGA.A
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Hi/higa
|
To incline, to lean
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Niue
|
CP.SILA.1A
|
Hela
|
To glance, to look furtively at something or someone
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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PN.HOA
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Gna/hoa
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A pair, a couple
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Niue
|
CP.TEKE.4
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Faka/teke
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To go against one another, to oppose
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Niue
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PN.NOA.2
|
Noa
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Just, only (post-verbal particle). Without cause, in vain, uselessly, without purpose; free, unrestrained, boundless (McE).
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Niue
|
EO.ULA.1A
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Ula/afia
|
Uncontrollable, out of control [of emotion]
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.PEE
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ʔApee
|
Perhaps, I guess, I suggest
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Tongan
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PN.PEE
|
A bé
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Perhaps, likely
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East Uvea
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PN.PEE
|
ʔApee
|
Peut-être
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Takuu
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PN.PEE
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Pee
|
Perhaps, probably
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Pukapuka
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PN.PEE
|
Pe(e)
|
Probably, perhaps, certainly
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Niue
|
FJ.KAUTE
|
Kaute
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, H. schizopetalus (ornamental cultivated varieties)
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Tokelau
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MP.LOKU
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Lo/loku
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Bend (vt) (sg)
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Nukuoro
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MP.LOKU
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Nga/logu
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Push in, crumple up, bend out of shape (temporarily)
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.NOKU
|
N/nogu
|
To knead; to wash (as beaten bast in preparing bark cloth); to launder
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.NOKU
|
Doo n/nogu
|
Crunching fall, to be crumpled up from a fall
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Niue
|
MP.KAHA.1
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Ka/kaa
|
To burn [subj. fire]
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
|
MP.MUTU.2
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Mutu/mutu
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A small grey fish with dark vertical bands and a yellowish patch on the back
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Niue
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MP.PALALAFA
|
Palelafa
|
Midrib of the coconut frond
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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MP.PAPA.1A
|
Papa
|
Washing-board; type of wooden club (weapon)
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Tongan
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XW.PUSA.3
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Pu/puha
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To be so warm as to perspire; (of weather) to be so warm as to cause perspiration
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East Uvea
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XW.PUSA.3
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(Pu(ha))puha
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Chaleur étouffante; étouffer de chaleur
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East Futuna
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XW.PUSA.3
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Pu/pusa
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Etouffer de chaleur; chaleur étouffante
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Marquesas
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XW.PUSA.3
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Puha/nia
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Mouchoir; sueur, suer
Problematic
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East Futuna
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XW.PUSA.3
|
Pusa
|
Chaud, chaleur, brulant; fièvre brulante
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.PUSA.2
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Puha
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Gasp; make a fast emission of the breath
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West Futuna
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TO.PUSO.1
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(H)pusa
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(Fire) light up, flame up suddenly
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Niue
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MP.SAFE.2
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Hafe
|
Beard
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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MP.TAUTU
|
Toutu
|
Porcupine fish (Diodon sp.) (rarely caught)
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