| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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PN.FUAFUA.3
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Fuafua/aaua
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The little silvery mullet which are found in shoals just off the shore
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Tokelau
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PN.PAA.5
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Ga/paa
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Crack, burst, explode
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Tokelau
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PN.GAAKAU
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Gaakau
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Intestine, gut
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Tokelau
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PN.GAOGAO
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Gaaogao
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Empty; (of people) fewer than expected in number
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Tokelau
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PN.GAASOLO.A
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Gaaholo
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(of crowd, fleet etc.) Move forward in a body
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Tokelau
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SO.AN-ATU
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Gaatu
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Travel or move in order to congregate at one place (e.g. people congregating for a village meeting)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
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PN.KAAIGA.A
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Kaaiga
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Home
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Tokelau
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PN.KAA.1
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Ka/kaa
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Growl, express disapproval
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
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NP.KAKII.*
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Kaakii, kaaki/aa, kookii
|
Throat
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Tokelau
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CE.KATAMU
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Katamu, kaatamu/tamu
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Eat, chew
Problematic
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Tuvalu
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NP.KOPI-TI
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Kopi/kopi/aa
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Cluttered (referring to home, location or thinking); completely crowded, disorganized
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Tokelau
|
AN.RAQA
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Laa
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Branch (of a tree)
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Tokelau
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OC.LAQAA.A
|
Laa
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Sun; sunny (day)
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Tokelau
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PN.LAGA.2
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Laa/laga
|
Mat
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Tokelau
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PN.LAAKEI
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Laakei
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Wear, put on (clothes); clothes, costume
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.LAKU.3
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Raa/raku
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Unload; move one's place of residence
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Tokelau
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PN.LAWA.3
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Laava/lava
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Clothes; wear a kie (wrap-around garment)
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Tokelau
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NP.LAAWAKI
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Laavaki
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(of people) Few in number, short (of the needed number)
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Tokelau
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PN.MAQA.2
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Maa
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For
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Samoan
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PN.MA-FITI
|
Maafiti
|
Blustering, quarrelsome
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
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PN.MAA-GALO.1
|
Maagalo
|
Be pardoned, be forgiven
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Tokelau
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PN.MAAGALO.2
|
Maagalo
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Fresh (water) (i.e. not salty); sweet (tea, fruit, etc.)
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Mangareva
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PN.MA-FITI
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Maaʔiti/ʔiti
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Rejaillir (se dit de l'eau et des liquides)
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Tokelau
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PN.MAQAHI
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Maai
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Salty (water)
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Tokelau
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PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
Replete, satisfied, full; (of bag, container, etc.) packed tightly
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Tokelau
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EO.MALALA
|
Maalala
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(of burning oven etc.) Glow
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Tokelau
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EO.MA-LAMA
|
Maalama
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The night of the full moon
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Tokelau
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PN.MAALIE.B
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Maalie
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Slow; quiet, soft
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAALOSI
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Maalohi
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Strong (of persons, also of colours, flavours); powerful; healthy
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Tokelau
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MP.MAQA-MAQA.A
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Maamaa
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Light (i.e. not heavy)
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Tokelau
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AN.MA-NIFI
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Maanifi/nifi
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Thin [eg. cloud, cloth]
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Tokelau
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PN.MANO
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Mano, mano/maanoo
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Uncountable, countless, hundreds
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Tokelau
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AN.MA-QANU
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Maanu
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To surface (from water); to surface, appear (metaphorical)
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Tokelau
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SO.MA-QOFA
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Maaofa/ofa
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(of a bunch of pandanus fruit) Be ripe and ready to break up
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Tokelau
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PN.MAA-SAGA
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Maahaga
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(Be) twins
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataafenua
|
Headland, point, cape
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA.1D
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Mataa/akau
|
Point on the windward side of a reef within the lagoon
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-A-FALE
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Mataafale
|
Gable end of a traditional house; householder, house and its occupiers
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Tokelau
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PN.MAATA-KI
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Maataki
|
(of communal work) Commence, begin
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-QARA
|
Mataala
|
Be alert, watchful
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Samoan
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Mataamua
|
Title page, first page of a book
|
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Tokelau
|
CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
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Note, observe; visualise; count; observation, judgement
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Tokelau
|
PN.NAQA.1
|
Naa
|
(of young children) Stop crying
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Tokelau
|
FJ.OLO.1
|
Olo/laakau
|
Grove of bushes and trees
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Tokelau
|
PN.PAA.5
|
Paa
|
Explode; be punctured (e.g. balloon); break out (of loud weeping);
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Tokelau
|
PN.PAQALA
|
Paala
|
Fish sp., Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
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Tokelau
|
MP.LAFA-LAFA
|
Paa/lafalafa
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Flat (of tables, boards, etc., but not land)
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Tokelau
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SO.PAA-LAPU
|
Paalapu
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Traditional name given to the north-west by west wind which blows during the laki or hurricane season
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Tokelau
|
PN.PAPA-A-TUQA
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Papaatua
|
Back (of man and animals)
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Tokelau
|
EO.SAU.6
|
Haau/a
|
Feel the wind of something passing swiftly by
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