| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Marquesas
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PN.TAA.4B
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Ta i te ihe
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Pécher l'ihe
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa, taia
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Net (vt)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa/nga
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The operation of netting or weaving
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East Futuna
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa
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Pêcher à plusieurs avec un manou à la marée haute...
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Tongan
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa
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..scooping up fish with a hand-net...
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Rennellese
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa
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To net, as flying fish; to scoop up, as swarms of sugumega or pogo fish in seine or net
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East Uvea
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PN.TAA.4B
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Ta ika
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Prendre des poissons
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Samoan
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taiʔa
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To fish for *palolo*, *lo*, *pala'ia* and *inaga*.
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Tokelau
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa
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Fish for schools of fish on the reef or in the lagoon; (taa ihe) fish for half-beak, with a crowd of people in the lagoon, using a net
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Takuu
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PN.TAA.4B
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Taa maunu
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Catch bait fish using hand nets and assistants
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Tongan
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PN.SAU-QARIKI
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Houʔeiki
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Chiefs (pl. of 'eiki). In public speaking it is often equivalent to 'gentlemen' or 'ladies and gentlement' or 'you (pl)'.
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.SAU-QARIKI
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Hau ʔaliki
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Chiefs
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Samoan
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PN.SAU-QARIKI
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Saualiʔi
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A god. The respectful term for an *aitu*. (po.) Ghost, spirit (Mnr).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
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PN.SAU-QARIKI
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Sau ariki
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To select a chief
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.KA.1
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Ka
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Sign of future (or indefinite) time...In Niua Fo'ou used with negative, where Tongan has ke or te.
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Niuafo'ou
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EC.TEE.2*
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Kau la alu.
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I shall not go
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Niuatoputapu
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MP.IKE
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Mele/ihe
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Tapa-mallet
Phonologically Irregular
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Niuafo'ou
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EP.NOQI.*
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Noʔi
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Sent about, ordered hither and thither
Problematic
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Niuafo'ou
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EO.TAKI.1
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Saki/saki
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Carry
Problematic
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.TE-O-U
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Tou, toʔou
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Your, yours (2nd sing.)
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.TE-O-NA
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Tona, toʔona
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His, her, hers, its
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.TE-QA-NA
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Tana, taʔana
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His, her, hers, its
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Niuafo'ou
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SO.-MA-TOU.B
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Te/motou
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Our (exclusive)
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Tongan
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OC.FATI.A
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Fesi-ʔi
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To break (a stick, rod etc.)
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Tongan
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MP.HAGA.1
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Hanga fesi
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Distance measured by spanning and then bending the hand over onto the knuckles, thus adding to the span the length of the two top joints of the fingers
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Tongan
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MP.MUTU.1A
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Mutu/kanga
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Dividing line along the middle of tapa cloth
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Tongan
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MP.PAPA.1A
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Baba
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Semi-circular frame on which the cloth [tapa] is extended to be printed
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Tongan
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PN.FUHI.A
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Lau te/fuhi
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100 *langanga* (length of tapa)
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Tongan
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FJ.MATA-.4
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Mata, (-ga)-mata
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Unit classifier in counting fish (up to 5)
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Tongan
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PN.HOA
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(-ga)-hoa
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Pair classifier in counting fish or yams (6 and over)
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Tongan
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NP.LAU.1B
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Mate/lau
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"Plus one" in counting odd numbers of fish (7 and above)
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau-ika
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Ten pairs of fish
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Tongan
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SO.TINO-.B
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-ga-sino
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Unit classifier in counting yams (up to 5)
Problematic
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Tongan
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CE.MA-TOFI.B
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Matofi/tele
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The waning of the moon is very apparent
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Tongan
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FJ.LEKA.2
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Leke/leka
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The moon is very small
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.MAQURI
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Maʔui (pl. maʔuʔui)
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To be alive
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.KUI.2
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Kui
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Ancestor. Grandparent (Tmo).
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.MANU.1A
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(Fanga)manu
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Animal
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.KOWI.B
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Kovi
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Bad
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.KILI.1
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Kili ʔi ʔakau
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Bark (of tree)
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.LASI
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Lahi
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Big
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.MANU.1A
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Manu puna
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Bird
Borrowed
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.QUTI.1
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U/ʔusi
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Bite
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Niuafo'ou
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OC.IFI.1
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Ifi/ʔi
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To blow [with mouth]
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Niuafo'ou
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MP.PUSI.1
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Pu/puhi
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To blow (of wind)
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Niuafo'ou
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MP.HUI
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Hui
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Bone
Borrowed
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.FAQELE
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Faaʔele/ʔi
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To be born
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Tongan
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PN.TOKO-RUA
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Tokoua
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Brother or sister (without regard to sex or age on either side)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.TOKO-RUA
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Tokoua
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Brother (woman speaking). Both.
Borrowed
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Niuafo'ou
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TO.TAMA-TIQI.*
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Tamasiʔi
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Child
Borrowed
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