| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-.14
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Taau/tolu
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Three hanging together, as a cluster of three oranges, or three wives, etc.
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Fijian
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau
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Prefix with numerals expressing collectives
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau-
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Prefix to numerals from two to ten referring to almost any kind of countable objects (fish, years, bows, arrows, etc.)
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU-.14
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Kau-
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Numeral classifier for fish
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Tokelau
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau-
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Prefix used before a number, to indicate the number of things in a bunch
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau
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Fruit marking prefix
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/iva
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Nine (of fruit); group of nine (fruit)
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/tolu
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Threesome, group of three (animals and fruit)
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Nukuoro
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OC.TAQU.1
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Dau gulu
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Breadfruit season
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/toru, tai/toru
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Orion's belt (a star cluster)
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU-.14
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Kau/kolu
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Triple, trinity, group of three
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/haa
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Un paquet de quatre noix de cocos; les quatre étoiles de la Croix du Sud
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/toru
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Orion's belt; part of the constellation
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/haa
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Constellation: Four stars in Pegasus, outlining a square...
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/rima
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Constellation of five stars within Corvus...
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Mangareva
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/toru, tou/toru
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Ceinture d'Orion
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Mangareva
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tou/toru
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Être suspendus trois par trois aux branches (fruits)
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Marquesas
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CP.TUAKI
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Touwákke
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To destroy enemies
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Marquesas
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OC.TUPUNA
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Tubúna tahéito
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An ancestor
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Marquesas
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FJ.TUI-TUI.1
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Túe
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To chirrup
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Marquesas
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AN.TUI
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Túe
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To sew; to pierce the ears
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Marquesas
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CC.TULI-TULI
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Tuetúe
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Offensive to the ear
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Marquesas
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AN.TUKI.A
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Túge
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To beat with a pestle
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Marquesas
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PN.TUKI.B
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Túge
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To trip against a stone
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Marquesas
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PN.TUFUGA
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Tuhúna, tuhúka (NKH)
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An artist, a priest; ingenious
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Marquesas
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EO.TUFA.1
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Túhwa
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To begin, applied to a feast
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Marquesas
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EO.TUFA.1
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Tuhwáu/eya
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It is begun
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Anuta
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuaamata
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Eyebrow, eyelid
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Marquesas
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Túa mátta
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The eyelid
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Samoan
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuaamata
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Eyelid. Eyebrow (Mnr). Upper eyelid (McP).
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Tongan
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuʔamata, tuʔo/tuʔamata
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Eyelid, esp. the back or higher part
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East Futuna
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuʔaa mata
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Arcade sourcilière
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Marquesas
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AN.TUNU
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Túnu
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To broil, to roast, to boil; roasted &c.
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Marquesas
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OC.TUPA
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Túpa
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A large species of sea crab
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Marquesas
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EC.TUU-TAQE.*
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Tutí
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Animal dung; also an expression of contempt or abhorrence, and jeeringly applied to a person, as if implying some affinity
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East Uvea
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuʔa mata
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Sourcil
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Niue
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuamata
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Eyelid
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Tahitian
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuʔamata [= tuʔemata]
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Sourcil
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West Futuna
|
PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuamata
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Upper eyelid
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Rennellese
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PN.TUQA-A-MATA
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Tuʔaa mata
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Eyebrow, eyelid
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Marquesas
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CP.TUTU.4
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Tútu
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To scorch or set fire to
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Marquesas
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CE.TUTU.2
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Tutú
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A tree of tough, pliable wood
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Marquesas
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CE.TUTU.2
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Tutu
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Espèce d'arbuste (Ceanothus asiaticus)
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Marquesas
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NP.TULU-TULU.1
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Tutú
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The short round pillars which support the fronts of houses
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Marquesas
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PN.TUTU-A
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Tutúa
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A log of wood upon which cloth is beaten; also the act of beating it
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Marquesas
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FJ.WELE
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Tu/veʔe, tu/veve
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Gratter, se gratter; racler, égratigner
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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AN.TULI.1
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Túwe
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Obstinate
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Marquesas
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EP.KUHANE
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Uhwánne, guhwanne (NKH)
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The soul or spirit of animal beings
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Marquesas
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Gumáu-a
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The sweet potatoe (Convolvulus chrysorizus parkinsoni)
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Marquesas
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OC.KUPEGA
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Upéina
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A large net; a web
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