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Language Reconstruction Reflex Description
Anuta SO.MUQA-GA-LAQE Mungaarai Forehead
Anuta PN.MURI.1B Muri Back, the rear portion of something
Takuu EP.KUKU.1B Kkuu Fishing technique (A single line is dropped beyond the reef...sinker at the bottom and several hooks attached above on wooden spacers. The principal fish caught by this method is *paru*.) Problematic
Luangiua EP.KUKU.1B ʔUu Fishing - far out to sea, many hooks on one line Problematic
Anuta XW.NAWU Namu To bleach one's hair by the application of a suspension of lime (calcium hydroxide) in salt water Problematic
Anuta AN.NAMU.1A Na/namu To have an unpleasant odour, to stink; sour, pungent or other disagreeable odour, such as the smell of *ma*, or rotten fish
Anuta SO.NEVE Neve/nga A load carried by a woman by tying it to her back with a strip of barkcloth
Anuta ??.QATAMAI.B Nima atamai Right arm, right hand
Anuta PN.MATA.2B Niu mata Young coconut
Anuta PN.MATUQU.B Niu matuu Mature coconut (before the stage where the liquid congeals to form the *oko*)
Anuta PN.MOTO.2B Niu motomoto Coconut before it has become fully mature and fallen from the tree
Anuta PN.QUI Niu vi Green coconut Phonologically Irregular
Anuta CP.NOQA No/noa Promise (n,v) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Anuta EO.NOO-GIA No/nongi To ask for something; a request
Anuta CP.NOQA Noo/kapa A belt made from sennit cord
Anuta SO.GAA-QUTA Ngauta Landward, ashore, inland, toward the centre of the island
Anuta OC.-GA -nga Substantive suffix, often used to change a verb to a noun
Anuta CE.AAIO Ng/aaio Calm weather; sometimes used as generic term for weather
Tikopia CE.AAIO Ng/aio Calm; lack of wind
Anuta CE.GAKI.A Ngaki To be short of wind Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua PN.TUQU.3A Ku/ku/kia Abschneiden [cut off (several things)]
Anuta OC.KAO.3 Ngao, ngau A kind of bird Problematic
Anuta PN.PULE.2 Nga(a)/pure Married man
Anuta PN.GATALA Ngatara A kind of reef fish...
Anuta PN.GAAWARI Ngavari Slack (as a fishing line)
Anuta PN.MO-QI Ngo Prefix indicating that an object has in some way been altered in such a manner as to prepare it for use (e.g. ngo-ika 'piece of cooked fish', ngo-paka 'piece of tobacco ready for smoking') Problematic
Anuta CP.GOGO.1 Ngongo A type of bird
Anuta PN.KOLE Ngutu korekore To curse someone or shout in anger
Anuta PN.HOKA.1 Oka Transverse beams supporting roof of house
Tokelau EO.HOKA.2 Oka Husk (coconut with husking stake)
East Uvea EO.HOKA.2 Oka/oka Pieu plante pour servir d'ancre aux pirogues pour les amarrer
Mangaia EO.HOKA.2 ʔOka/a kina Lever off and collect sea urchins Phonologically Irregular
Anuta AN.ONO Ono Six
Anuta AN.QOTI.A Oti/ka And then
Anuta PN.QAW-ATU Ova atu, o atu To give, to present with
Anuta OC.PAA.3A Pa(a) Traditional fishing lure with pearl shell "spoon" and turtle shell or green snail hook; necklace made from same
Anuta OC.FASI.A Pa(a)/pai To split an object; to divide objects into two or more groups; to break, to destroy
Anuta PN.TEWE Paa/teve A kind of plant (Tacca leontopetaloides)
Anuta PN.FAQAO Faau To grab something
Anuta OC.FASI.A Pai, paai, paaii To split up or divide a unitary object
Anuta OC.FAI.2A Pai/a Because
Anuta PN.FAI-GATAQA Painga ta Difficult
Luangiua SO.POLE.B Pole/pole Mir wird schlecht [I feel sick]
Luangiua PN.KINI.2A Ke laa e ʔiŋi Die Sonne brennt [the sun burns]
Luangiua PN.PALU.1 Paru Fish sp.
Anuta PN.FAKA-SEKE Pakaeke, pakaakeeke Body-surfing; to body-surf
Anuta MP.AKO Paka/ako To teach; teacher, catechist, missionary
Anuta PN.QAPA Faka/apa/apa Distant or outside (used only in conjunction with kinship terms) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Anuta PN.FAKA-QALI Pakaari To show (in the widest sense of the term); demonstrate, illustrate, explicate
Anuta MP.KAHA.1 Paka/ka-ti To burn, as in burning a piece of wood