| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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EO.MAGA.2
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Manga/i
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Spread one's legs
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Anuta
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PN.MA-AGI
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Mangi/angi
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Windy; for the wind to blow
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Anuta
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MP.MAGO
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Mango
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A kind of fern
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Anuta
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PN.MAFI
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Mapi
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An energetic or industrious man; a man who is constantly doing work
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Anuta
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PN.MA-FOLA
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Mapora
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Spread out (of a large number of objects spread out on the floor of a house and ground outside)
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Anuta
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PN.MAPU
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Mapu
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To whistle through folded tongue, alternately breathing in and out, as in playing a harmonica
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Anuta
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FJ.MALU.B
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Maru(u), maru/maru
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Dry (as the inside of a well constructed house when it is raining)
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Tikopia
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SO.MALIGA
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Maringa/ringa
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Hair at border of temple
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Tikopia
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SO.MALIGA
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Maringa
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Small pinnules at base of palmate leaf etc.
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Anuta
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SO.MALIGA
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Maringa/ringa
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Side of head in front of ear
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West Futuna
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SO.MALIGA
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Mariga/riga
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Cheek
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West Futuna
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SO.MALIGA
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Mari/maringa
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Joue, côté du visage
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East Futuna
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SO.MALIGA
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Maliga/liga
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Style de coiffure (tous les cheveux en haut du front, d'une oreille à l'autre)
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Samoan
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SO.MALIGA
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Maaliga/liga
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The temples
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Nukuoro
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SO.MALIGA
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Malinga/linga
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Sideburns (of hair)
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Kapingamarangi
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SO.MALIGA
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Malinga/linga
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Temple (of the head); the edge of the bow and stern of a canoe (where it slopes downward to the keel)
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Anuta
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CP.TAQAKI
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Ma/taaki
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To pull up out of the ground
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Anuta
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EO.MATA.1C
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Mata(a)/ivi
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A type of small traditional fish hook made of fish bones
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Anuta
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CE.MATA-KAINAGA
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Matakainanga
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Large patrilineal descent group
Problematic
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Anuta
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PN.MAATA-KI
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Mataki (atu)
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To look, observe
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Anuta
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PN.PALA.3
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Mata/para
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Blind (lit. ulcerated eyes)
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Anuta
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FJ.MATA.3
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Mata/tau
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A line of men in battle formation
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Anuta
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AN.MATAQU.2
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Matau
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Right (side)
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Anuta
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MP.MATA-WAI
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Matavai
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Spring source (the spot where a spring comes out of the ground)
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Anuta
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PN.MATI.1
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Mati
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(Ficus septica)
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Anuta
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PN.MASI-MASI
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Matimati
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Dolphin (fish)
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Anuta
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Matua
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Important, major, primary; adult; mature, ripe
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Anuta
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XW.MA-TUKU
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Matuku
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To disband
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Anuta
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maunu
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To untie a strip of bark-cloth, so that a *popora*-type basket falls from a woman's back
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Anuta
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MP.MAQULI
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Mauri
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Soul
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Anuta
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PN.MAQU-QALUGA
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Maurunga
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High (in rank)
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Tongan
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/paa
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Gate, door, or window
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/a ulufaga
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Entrée (d'un domaine)
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West Uvea
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/faiaa
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Porte d'entrée; entrée de la barrière de la chefferie
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Takuu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata-
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In compounds denoting an opening or entrance
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Emae
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/feiaa
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Door
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Rennellese
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PN.MATA.5
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Mataa ʔaa
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Gate, fence opening
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Anuta
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PN.MELO
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Me/mero
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Pink
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Anuta
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OC.MITI.3A
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Miti/miti
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Hard candy or other object to be sucked
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Anuta
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PN.MOSO.2
|
Mo
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Cooked, in any manner (baked, roasted, boiled)
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Anuta
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MP.MOHE
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Moe (pl. mo/moe, moe/raki)
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To sleep
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Luangiua
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OC.PILI.2
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Moʔo/pili
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Schwarze Eidechse [black lizard]
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Anuta
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OC.PILI.2
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Mokopiri
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A type of lizard a little bigger than the *piripata*, but smaller than the *moko uri*
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Anuta
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PN.MORI.A
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Mo/mori
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To send (an object)
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Anuta
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NP.MOAGA
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Mooanga
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Fish sp. (= apuru)
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Anuta
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu/motu
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To cut up or split
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Anuta
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PN.MAUMAU.1
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Moumou/i
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To spoil, destroy
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Anuta
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PN.MAUNU
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Mounu
|
Bait
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Anuta
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PN.MUQA-KI
|
Mua
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To go first
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Anuta
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EO.MU-MUNI
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Muni/muni
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A game in which people hide
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