| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niue
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MP.PONO.1
|
Pono/ti
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To stop up, cork, close, caulk, cover
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Tongan
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MP.PONO.1
|
Pono/i
|
(of wind) Be adverse
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Niue
|
NO.PA-TAKE
|
Pootake, pootaki
|
Shallow
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
EP.PUA.1B
|
Pua
|
Bud (of flower); to bud
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Tongan
|
XW.PUE-KI
|
Pueki
|
Small shellfish sp. (much used for ornamental purposes)
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Niue
|
XW.PUE-KI
|
Pue
|
Small shellfish sp.
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East Uvea
|
XW.PUE-KI
|
Pueki
|
Nom des coquillages du genre porcellaine, Auricula ou Cypraeidae...
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East Futuna
|
XW.PUE-KI
|
Pueki
|
Petit coquillage blanc ou marron/noir servant à faire des colliers (Mitridé)
|
|
Anuta
|
TO.PUA-LIKI
|
Puariki
|
"Wild betel nut", a type of areca palm bearing only a very small fruit
Problematic
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Tikopia
|
TO.PUA-LIKI
|
Puariki
|
Shrub with fragrant flower much used for personal decoration (Gardenia sp., also Evodia hortensis).
Problematic
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Tongan
|
TO.PUA-LIKI
|
Pualiki
|
Tree sp., somewhat like the pua [Fagraea] but bearing smaller flowers
|
|
Niue
|
MP.PUSI.1
|
Puhi/i
|
Blowhole (of sea)
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|
Niue
|
MP.PULA.2B
|
Pula
|
To stare vacantly
|
|
Niue
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pu/pula
|
To shine; to be new (of the moon)
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|
Niue
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Punuti
|
To protect, to shield
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
(Pu)punu
|
Fermer, clore, boucher
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East Uvea
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PN.PUNU-TI
|
Punu/sia
|
Etre bouché, caché
|
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Fijian
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Bunu-ca
|
Enclose in a net; bring things to meet (as thatch)
|
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Nuguria
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Haka punu (te vai)
|
Stop the flow of water
|
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Tongan
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Boo/boonoo
|
To close; to shut; the lid of any thing
|
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West Uvea
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Pu/punu
|
Fermé, bloqué; couvercle; porte; bouchon
|
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West Uvea
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Punuti/a
|
Bloquer, fermer, boucher, calfater
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Punu
|
To stupefy fish with luba (Derris); to putrefy, as by letting wind; to give gifts as to placate
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PUNU-TI
|
Punuti
|
A guard in fighting (spear or stick held horizontally over the head); a shield (mod.)
|
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Tongan
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupuʔa
|
Hollow on the reef through which the water rushes with great force; blowhole
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupuo
|
A deep hole in the reef
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupuʔa
|
Cavité dans les récifs (ou se tiennent les poissons), rigole sur les récifs
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupuʔa
|
Trou d'eau dans le récif
|
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Samoan
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupua, popua
|
A blowhole in the cliffs, through which the waves send a fountain of spray
|
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West Uvea
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupua
|
Sourdre; tourbillon d'eau
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Ppua
|
Crevasse or furrow in the coral reef on the ocean side of the atoll
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Ppua
|
Deep
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pua
|
Deep
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pupuʔa
|
Hole, pit
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.PUPUQA
|
Pua
|
A cave
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PUTU.2
|
Putu/putu
|
Gathering of relatives at a funeral
|
|
Niue
|
OC.PUTU.1
|
Putu/i
|
To be close together, clustered
|
|
Niue
|
PN.SANA.2
|
Saga/saga
|
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tongan
|
TO.TAFUGA.2
|
Tafunga
|
Mound; convex, in the form of a mound
|
|
Niue
|
TO.TAFUGA.2
|
Tafuna
|
Mound (of earth)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
East Uvea
|
TO.TAFUGA.2
|
Tafuga/fuga
|
Tertre, élévation, éminence
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|
Niue
|
PN.SALUFE
|
Taga/hulufe
|
Bundle of spears
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TAUPE
|
Tahufe, talufe
|
To dangle, to hang down
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
XW.TAU-SUNI.*
|
Taihun(e,i), toihun(e,i)
|
Coastal shrub spp. (Heliotropium anomalum, Messerschmidia argentea)
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|
Niue
|
EO.TAU-TAHI
|
Taitai
|
Experienced, skilful (with regard to fishing and hunting). Industrious (principally applied to fishermen); to hunt for food (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
OC.TAKA.1A
|
Taka
|
To rove, wander, move around
|
|
Niue
|
OC.KALAQAPUSI
|
Talapoti
|
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
FJ.TALI.4
|
Tali
|
To carry (implies carrying loads such as water, making a number of trips)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.ROFE
|
Ta/lofe
|
To hang loosely, droop
Phonologically Irregular
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|
Niue
|
PN.TAGO.B
|
Tago/kii
|
To go or arrive very early
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