| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuʔa
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K. fish, brownish-grey, spotted
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Niue
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuo
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Large-eyed bream or emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis)
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East Uvea
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PN.FOTUQA
|
Fotuʔa
|
Poisson (Plectorhynchus sp.)
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East Futuna
|
PN.FOTUQA
|
Fotuʔa
|
Perche (Plectorhynchus punctatissimus, P.picus)
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Tikopia
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PN.FOTUQA
|
Fotuua
|
Fish sp. of reef and open sea (small sea perch or snapper?)
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East Futuna
|
PN.FUFU.3
|
Fufu
|
Trouble, confus (eau, pensée)
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Niue
|
PN.FULE.B
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Fu/fule
|
To pull back (foreskin)
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Niue
|
MP.FULU.2
|
Fulu
|
Straighten, shape, smoothen (making a hat)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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|
Niue
|
MP.FULI.1
|
Fulu/hi
|
To turn, to overturn
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MALIE
|
Fulu/melie
|
To be kind. Liberal, kind (McE).
|
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Niue
|
CP.MOKO.2
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Fulu/moko/i
|
Agreeable
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East Futuna
|
PN.MALIE
|
Fulu/malie
|
Etre beau, être mignon
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|
East Futuna
|
MP.FULI.1
|
Fulu/si
|
Retourner (vt); mettre à l'endroit; renverser, chavirer; traduire
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
CC.FUNA.3
|
(Fu)funa
|
To crumble (vt)
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|
Niue
|
EO.FUSU
|
Futu
|
Fight (with fists). (Said to be a modern word) (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
EP.KALU.D
|
Galu
|
Flab [flabby piece of meat]
Problematic
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|
Niue
|
PN.GATETE
|
Gatiti
|
Jingling sound. Jingle, rattle (McE).
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
TO.GAQUTA
|
Gauta(uta)
|
Sway, be unsettled
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Tongan
|
TO.GAQUTA
|
Ngaʔuta
|
To be astir; move, jump, or spring up in a sudden or lively way
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|
Tongan
|
TO.GAQUTA
|
Ngaʔuto/ʔuta
|
To be numerous and moving about in a lively way; to swarm or be swarming
|
|
East Uvea
|
TO.GAQUTA
|
Gaʔuta/ʔa
|
Remuer (en parlant de plusieurs personnes ou animaux)...
Borrowed
|
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Tongan
|
TO.GAQE-GAQE
|
Ngeʔengaʔe
|
K. shell-fish, the clam (Vava'u only) (elsewhere vaasua)
|
|
Niue
|
TO.GAQE-GAQE
|
Geegee
|
Clam (generic). The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) (McE).
|
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East Uvea
|
TO.GAQE-GAQE
|
Gaʔegaʔe
|
Nom de coquillage, bénitier (Tridacna squamosa et T.maxima)
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.GUU.1
|
Guu
|
Say (anything) [exx. with negatives]
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.GUU.1
|
Guu/guu
|
Parler à voix basse; marmonner, rouspéter, grogner; gémir de douleur
|
|
East Futuna
|
MP.GULU
|
Gu/gulu
|
Faire la deuxième voix (voix basse) dans un chant; faire un bruit sourd.
|
|
Niue
|
PN.QUTI.1
|
G/uti
|
To crunch something between one's teeth. To bite (McE).
|
|
Niue
|
NP.QAFULU
|
H/afulu
|
Goatfish spp. (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, Parupeneus barberinus)
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
AN.SASA
|
Haha/haha
|
To knock off, beat down
|
|
Niue
|
MP.SAQI
|
Hai
|
To tie
|
|
Niue
|
OC.TAKUA.1
|
Hakua
|
Big-eye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
MP.SALA.3
|
Hala/a
|
To beat, hit, slay (ref. to killing enemies with clubs)
|
|
Niue
|
AN.AMO.1A
|
H/amo
|
To apply lightly (e.g. paint)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.OLO.2
|
Ha/olo
|
To resound, to be harmonious
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
OC.SAPE.A
|
Hape/lua
|
To twist (ankle)
|
|
Niue
|
MP.QAFI
|
Hapi/ni
|
To carry under the arm
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
MP.SAQA.1
|
Haa/taki
|
Forbid, rebuke, hinder
|
|
East Futuna
|
MP.SAQA.1
|
Saʔa/saʔa/taki
|
Fort coup de vent, rafale de vent; souffler par rafales
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
NP.TEE-IA.*
|
Ha/teia
|
This (obs.)
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.SAU.7
|
Hau/toka
|
To be stable (of the mind).
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LEWELEWE
|
Ha/vele
|
To droop, hang down
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.KEHO.1
|
Kego, hego
|
Sharp point, sharp end (of stick)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tongan
|
TO.HEKI
|
Heki
|
Push out, make it stick out (e.g. window, shutter); (arms) akimbo
|
|
Niue
|
TO.HEKI
|
Heki
|
Protrude (us. of teeth). Out of alignment (as a tooth) (McE).
|
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East Uvea
|
TO.HEKI
|
Heki
|
Tenir écarté, soulevé
Borrowed
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.SEKI
|
Seʔi
|
Pull up, grab, snatch, do something with a jerk
|
|
Tokelau
|
NP.SEKI
|
Heki
|
Pull, draw, extract, snatch
|
|
Anuta
|
NP.SEKI
|
Teki
|
To jump or twitch, as when bitten by an ant
|
|
East Futuna
|
NP.SEKI
|
Seki
|
A l'improviste (postverbe) (terme ancien)
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