| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niue
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NP.MUU-FEKE
|
Muufeke
|
Squid (Sepia spp.)
Problematic
|
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Fijian
|
PN.HOKA.1
|
Soka (better coka)
|
Smaller transversal beams of a house
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KALAWA.1
|
Kalava
|
To be seen like a strip on the horizon
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
NP.KANO-FI-MATA
|
Kanomata
|
Corner where upper and lower eyelids meet at the nose, lacrimal duct
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.KA-KAU.2
|
Kakau
|
Handle, shaft
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KAU.7
|
Kau
|
To team up, act in an organized way
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KAWE.3
|
Kave
|
To carry an ill-feeling
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KISI-KISI
|
Kihikihi
|
Plant spp., weeds (Oxalis corniculata, Phyllanthus simplex)
|
|
Niue
|
FJ.KOFE.B
|
Kofe
|
Musical instrument (of any sort)... Nose flute (McE).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.SOGO
|
Kogo
|
To smell of urine
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAFI.2
|
Lafi
|
To add; to get involved (with bad behaviour)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAFI.2
|
La/lafi
|
To put together
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAGA.1C
|
Laga/laga
|
To lever up carefully (refers to harvesting of yams or taro with a digging stick)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAQOA
|
Looa
|
To choke [on] (of solids)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LILA
|
Lile/lile
|
Not well planted, not firmly fixed, loose
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LUPE.2
|
Lupe
|
A traditional propeller-like toy or craft item; propeller, fan
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LUPE.2
|
Lupe/lupe
|
A criss-cross pattern (in weaving and carving)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LUPO
|
Lupo/lupo
|
Young small-size bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)...
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Makona
|
To be satisfied, satiated, full (refers to eating and drinking, and figuratively to the mind)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAA-PUNA
|
Mapuna
|
To have risen [ex. sun]
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAATA-GA
|
Mataga
|
Look-out point (at the verge of high places, such as cliffs)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAATA-KI
|
Mataki/a
|
To look at, peep, pry
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAA-TINO
|
Mahino
|
Obvious, clear
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAATUQA
|
Matua
|
Parent; elder
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAA-UNU
|
Maunu
|
To be moved, to be shifted
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-FAI
|
Mafai
|
Able, willing
|
|
Niue
|
XW.PA-GUGU
|
Pagugu, pakuku
|
To be crunchy. To grind the teeth (McE).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MALIE
|
Melie
|
Satisfied, happy (with loto)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-LIGI.A
|
Maligi
|
To be spilt
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MANO
|
Mano
|
Abundance, plenty, many
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAQA.1
|
Maa/maa
|
To be of light or pale colour
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-SAE
|
Mahee
|
To be torn, ripped. Husked, cut open (McE).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-SIKI
|
Mahiki/hiki
|
To be spic and span
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Matafonua
|
Head of the island, headland; (as place name) northern tip of Niue
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MATATA
|
Matata
|
To be torn apart
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MATUQA.B
|
Matahui motua
|
Big toe
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-WAHE
|
Mavehe
|
To part, to say goodbye
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-WEU.*
|
Maveu
|
To be open, to be opened
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.MENE
|
M/mene
|
To shrink back, recoil, shy away from
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Go into, enter, penetrate; set, as sun; sink into; disappear from sight
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.MEQA.A
|
Mena
|
A thing, the same as mea
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Big, fatted
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Enorme
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PAKEE
|
Pakee, pokee, pakaa
|
To make a light crackling sound [ex. chewing gum]
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PATA.1B
|
Patapata
|
To have a rash (on the skin)
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.PEU.1
|
Peu
|
Dodge, excuse, evasion
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.PEU.1
|
Peu
|
Airs, mannerisms, affectations; wiles, tricks; trick, hoax
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PUKE.4
|
Puke
|
Decking or top part of a canoe
|
|
Niue
|
PN.QAA-MURI
|
Amui
|
In or for the future, the time to follow; at a later date
|
|
Niue
|
PN.QAGO.B
|
Ma/ango/a
|
Empty, dry (of fallen coconut)
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