| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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PN.GAA-GAA
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Gaagaa
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Branler; être mal fixé
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.GAA-GAA
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Ngaangaa
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Unstable, not sturdy, rickety, not tight
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Rennellese
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PN.GAA-GAA
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Ngaangaa/saʔa
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Demon-infested
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.GASUE
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ʔAahue/hue
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Inquiétude, énervement; être en état de tension nerveuse
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Tuamotu
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PN.GA-LUE
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ŋaarue
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Tremble, shake violently; be strongly agitated, move up and down (as surface of sea)
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Tuamotu
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PN.GA-UE
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ŋaaue/ue
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Swing, sway violnetly (as branches); tremble, quake violently (as the earth)...
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Tikopia
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PN.TAFA-QAKI
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Tafaaki
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Border; edge
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Samoan
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PN.TAFA-QAKI
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Tafaaʔi
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Those privileged to sit on the right and left hand of a titled chief
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Luangiua
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NO.FAKAA
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Haa ŋiu
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Coconut husk
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Takuu
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NO.FAKAA
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Hak(k)aa/nui
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Husk of an old coconut
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Nukuoro
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NO.FAKAA
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Hakaa
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Husk of the coconut
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Luangiua
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SO.SEE.3
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Haa/see
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Hold breath a long time whilst chanting
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Luangiua
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PN.TA-PUKE
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Kapuʔe
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Fruit of plant (aa9o, yellow, paint, soothing for chickenpox)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Luangiua
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NO.TUAA-TOLO
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Kuaakolo
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Creepers (make la'ei)
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Kapingamarangi
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NO.LAPIAO
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Labiaa
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Fish sp.
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Nuguria
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NO.MAKAKA-TAU
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Maakaka-ttau
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Solid, hard
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Takuu
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NO.SATATA
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Sattaa
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Goatfish sp.
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Luangiua
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NO.SISI.6
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Sisi/ʔaava
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Water butterfly
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East Futuna
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Allumer; enflammer
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Tuvalu
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Light fire or lamp
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Tikopia
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Set alight; cause to burn (as tree felled for clearing ground)
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Anuta
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Paka/ka/kaa
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To light (a fire)
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Rarotongan
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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ʔAkakaa
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Burn, ignite, light
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Whakakaa
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Inflame, incite
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Tahitian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Faa/a/a
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To kindle fire, to make it burn well; to cause food to be well cooked
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Hawaiian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hooʔaa
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To set on fire, burn, ignite, etc.
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Rennellese
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakakaa
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To light, as a match or lantern
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Akaa
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To build an open fire
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Takuu
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakkaa
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Light up, cause to burn, start (an engine)
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Sikaiana
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NO.KAAPITI.2
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Kaapiti
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A mat for flooring similar to a tapakau, but with only one side. (Shaped to cover a small area inside the house where a tapakau would not fit)
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Takuu
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PN.HOA
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-oa
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Unit of measurement for pairs of things other than coconuts (siaoa, ruaoa, torunaaoa...)
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Samoan
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PN.HOA
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Oa
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A couple, commencing with the second, as: e luaaoa, e tolugaaoa, etc.
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Takuu
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XO.UA-LOTO
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Uaaroto
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Centre section, area in the middle; ritual name for a location inside the ariki’s house
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.UA-LOTO
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T/ungaalodo
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Centre, middle, mid-point; halfway
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
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XO.UA-LOTO
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Ungaa lodo
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Middle part (of something round)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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XO.UA-LOTO
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Uuaaroto
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Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples
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Rarotongan
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OC.TIPI.1A
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Maa/tipi
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Slice or peel with a knife; knife, ploughshare
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Tahitian
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PN.QAATEA
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Aatea/tea
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Vaste, étendu; clairsemé, clair, sans obstacle, dégagé
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Tahitian
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PN.FAKA-QITA
|
Faaita
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To distort the lips and chin; to make grimaces by way of contempt, or to excite laughter
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Tahitian
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EC.FAKA-MAUMAU
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Haamou
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To consume, annihilate, extirpate.
Phonologically Irregular
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Tahitian
|
PN.FINA-GALO
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Hinaaro
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To love, desire, will; to choose; love, desire, affection, will, pleasure, choice
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Tahitian
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TA.KAKU.2
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Paa/ʔaʔu
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Râteau; ratisser, effleurer, épousseter, enlever les toiles d'araignée, écumer
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Tahitian
|
CE.KOO-FAGA.*
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Ofaa
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Thicket, impenetrable brushwood; to nestle, or lie close in a nest, as a bird
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Tahitian
|
CE.KOO-MOTO
|
Omoto
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A cocoanut in the last state before the ripe opaa
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Tahitian
|
CE.RAGATIRA
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Raatira
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A chief; the general title of the inferior chiefs; an officer on board a ship
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Mangaia
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TA.RAKOA.1
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Raakoa
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Shearwater, petrel
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.RAKOA.1
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Haakoakoa
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Bird spp.: fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia), Southern skua (Catharacta antarctia)
Problematic
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Mangareva
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CE.RAKOA.2
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Raakoa
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Poisson (Upeneus arge, U.vittatus) (Mullidae)
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Penrhyn
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TA.PAA-REU
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Paareu
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Kilt, dancing skirt, pareu; to wear a pareu
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Mangaia
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TA.PAA-REU
|
Paareu
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Ceremonial or dancing skirt
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