| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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OC.SIKA.2
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Hika
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Make a fire by rubbing the kaunatu or pointed stick to and fro on the hikaaga or piece of dry soft wood
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Waya
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TO.NINI.2
|
(Y)aa/niinii
|
Tremble, as with cold, fear or excitement
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Waya
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FJ.KETU.1
|
Aa/qetu
|
Ransack, rummage through things
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Waya
|
FJ.QASA
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(Y)aasaa
|
Roam, not stay at home, wander about, travel around
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAGA-A-MIMI
|
Tagaamimi
|
Bladder
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Tokelau
|
FJ.TAU-NAMU
|
Taainamu
|
Mosquito-net
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Tokelau
|
NP.TAKAA
|
Takaa
|
Wire trace for fishing; put wire trace on a hook
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAKA-GA
|
Taakaga
|
Walk, stroll; group of people who roam together, gang
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Tokelau
|
XW.TALAKI
|
Taalaki
|
Tell the people one by one of an authorized instruction or request; preach, teach
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Tokelau
|
AN.TAQANE
|
Taane
|
Male, man; husband
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Tokelau
|
CP.TAA-NOQA
|
Taanoa
|
Wooden foood bowl
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Tokelau
|
NP.TAA-POLA
|
Taapola
|
A carrier woven from a coconut frond, used in carrying pandanus leaves
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Tokelau
|
AN.TUA-GAQANE.A
|
Tuagaane
|
Brother (of a woman)
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Tokelau
|
NP.TUQA-AKAU
|
Tuaakau
|
(locative noun) The sea outside the lagoon
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Pukapuka
|
PN.HAFA.B
|
W/aiaa
|
Why?
Problematic
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Pukapuka
|
PN.FAKA-QATU.A
|
Wakaatu
|
Arrange in a row or line
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MA-FITI
|
Maawiti/witi
|
Agile; to escape. Vigorous, energetic.
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Pukapuka
|
SO.GAA-TAI
|
Piipii/ngaatai
|
Water's edge on (lagoon) beach
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Pukapuka
|
CE.HIRI.1
|
Laakau yili
|
Tree sp.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.KALISI.1B
|
Kaa/kaliwi
|
Cricket; ghost moth
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.RAQA-RAQA
|
Laalaa
|
Having many branches
|
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Pukapuka
|
EC.PA-LAFA
|
Paalawa/lawa
|
Splayed, rent in two. Of the broad splayed tail of the right whale (Sby).
|
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Tokelau
|
EP.KAA-FUI.*
|
Kaafui/fui
|
Gather around someone or something
Problematic
|
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Pukapuka
|
SO.LAVA-A
|
Lavaa
|
(of a capable person) Able to do or understand more
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.NAQA.3
|
Na/naa
|
To hide
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Tokelau
|
EC.PA-LAFA
|
Paalafa/lafa
|
Flat (of tables, boards etc. but not of land)
|
|
Waya
|
FJ.PAAPAA
|
Baabaa
|
Fish spp.: Flutemouths (Aulostomidae, Fistulariidae)
|
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Pukapuka
|
FJ.PAAPAA
|
Au/paa
|
Sling-jaw Wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.SAU-SAU.1
|
Te ika a Yaawau
|
Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata)
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Pukapuka
|
CE.SIWA.2
|
Paatuki yiva
|
Dark colour phase of Paracirrhites hemistictus (Whitespot Hawkfish)
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TAFOLA.2
|
Taawola
|
Open space or area (e.g. field)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.TAMA-TAQANE
|
Tama taane
|
Son
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.TUQA-AKAU
|
Tuaakau
|
Ocean side of reef
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.WAA.1
|
Vaa/vaa
|
To speak, make a noise
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Pukapuka
|
PN.FAKA-QALI
|
Wakaali(ali)
|
To gesture
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Tokelau
|
EC.FAKA-SANI
|
Kaahani
|
Tie (coconuts) in pairs
|
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Nukumanu
|
NP.ALAALA
|
Alaala
|
Fish sp.
|
|
Nukumanu
|
NO.KINA.4
|
Te/kina/raa
|
Over there
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.KAFA.2
|
Tuaa/kawa
|
The second to the champion wrestler
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.LAAWAKI
|
Laavaki
|
Procession of population to another village, often with music
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CK.KAAKAA.1B
|
Kaakaa/vai
|
White Tern (Gygis alba)
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CK.KAAKAA.1B
|
Kaka/vai Maaui
|
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CK.KAAKAA.1B
|
Kaakaa
|
Said to be a large heron-like bird...
|
|
Rapa
|
AN.FAQA.1
|
Faa
|
Stem of taro plant
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MA-NEKE
|
Maaneʔe
|
To begin to rise, as the tide, or the person sitting down
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MA-NEKE
|
Maaneke
|
Commencer à monter (mer); commencer à se former (vague); devenir houleux; marée montante; grosse vague
|
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Pukapuka
|
XO.MATA-A-WAKA
|
Mataavaka
|
Fore part of canoe
Problematic
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PA-SEKE
|
Paaheke/heke
|
Slippery, slimy, greasy
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.SAQA.2
|
Saa
|
Prefix added to indicate the family or associates of a person
|
|
Nuguria
|
SO.TAINA
|
Taina (pl. taaina)
|
Brothers (man and woman speaking)
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