| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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FJ.TALA.2
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Tara/fasao (ANI)
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To debate
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West Futuna
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AN.RAMA
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Tá/rama
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Bark for tying around coconut torch to *filáma*.
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West Futuna
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AN.RAMA
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Fi/láma
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Stick for fixing fire into canoe, placed over outrigger poles
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West Futuna
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AN.TALIGA
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Taringa/ringa
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To be bruited about [everyone has heard about it]
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West Futuna
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MP.TALU.1
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Taru
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To be unable, impossible
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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MP.TALU.1
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A ne taru
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Vanities
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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NP.TE-TASI
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Tasi
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A certain one
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West Futuna
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EO.TAKI.1
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Ta/táki
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Go quickly! (to person going before)
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West Futuna
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AN.TASI.2
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Ta/tasi
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To rub the hair so that it stands upright
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Tate-ya
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To be put into the sea (as food) (G).
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/katea
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Rope fixed in front of sail
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West Futuna
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PN.TAU.2
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Tauri-a
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To hold
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West Futuna
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PN.TAU.12
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Tau/seieifo
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To place native cabbage and grated coconut in puddings
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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PN.TAU.12
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Tau/seya
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To put smelling leaves near rose apple, apua and bananas to keep flying foxes from eating them
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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AN.EFU.1
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Kere efu/efu (FUT), t/efu (ANI)
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Ashes
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West Futuna
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OC.IFI.1
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Te/if/ifi(ange), e/ifi/ange
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To blow the fire
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West Futuna
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MP.LUA.1
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Te/rua (ANI)
|
A spring of water
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Luangiua
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SO.MANU-TAGI-LUA
|
Maŋu kaŋilua
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Small bird, like frigate bird
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Takuu
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SO.MANU-TAGI-LUA
|
Manu tanirua
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Bird whose nocturnal call as it flies north...is different from its call when it returns; hence its name 'two-cry bird'....
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Luangiua
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NO.FOATE
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Ho/hoake
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Frigate bird, 3 white spots on belly
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Takuu
|
NO.FOATE
|
Fuate
|
Bird of prey that kills other birds and eats their livers; probably a small sea hawk.
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Luangiua
|
NO.FOATE
|
Ke ho/hoʔake
|
Lesser Frigate Bird (Fregata ariel)
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Takuu
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SO.MANU-TAGI-LUA
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Manu-tani-lua
|
Bird that overflies Takuu at night and has a peculiar cry that sounds partially egressive and partially ingressive (not seen)
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Tokelau
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SO.MANU-TAGI-LUA
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Manutagilua
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus). "if one hears the cry of the manutagilua during a storm, it indicates that the storm is almost over."
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West Futuna
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PN.TE-QA-KU
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Tiaku (FUT), tshaku (ANI)
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Possessive adjective, 1st person singular: my
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West Futuna
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PN.TE-QA-NA
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Tiana (FUT), tshana (ANI)
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Possessive adjective, 3rd person singular: his
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West Futuna
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PN.TE-QA-U
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Tiau (FUT)
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Possessive adjective, 3rd person singular: thy, your
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West Futuna
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PN.TE-O-KU
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Tioku (FUT), tshoku (ANI)
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Possessive adjective, first person singular: my
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West Futuna
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PN.TE-O-NA
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Tiona (FUT), tshona (ANI)
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Possessive adjective, 3rd person singular: his
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West Futuna
|
PN.TE-O-U
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Tiou (FUT)
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Possessive adjective, 2nd person singular: thy, your
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West Futuna
|
FJ.PUTE
|
Tipe
|
Umbilicus
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
|
NP.TII.3
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Tí/xtea. Ti/htea (Dty).
|
(Of sun) to shine after rain
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Waya
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MP.TOKELAU
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Tokalau
|
East wind, easterly
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Emae
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MP.TOKELAU
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Tokolau
|
Good wind
Borrowed
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Hawaiian
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MP.TOKELAU
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Koʔolau
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Windward (north-east) coast of Hawaiian Islands
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Ifira-Mele
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MP.TOKELAU
|
Tokolau
|
North wind
Borrowed
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Marquesas
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MP.TOKELAU
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Tokoʔau (MQN), toʔoʔau (MQS)
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North or northwest wind. Vent d'ouest.
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Marquesas
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MP.TOKELAU
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Tokoʔau (MQS)
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Vent d'ouest, west wind. Vent du sud, south wind
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.TOKELAU
|
Tokorau
|
Be absent, at a distance
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
|
MP.TOKELAU
|
Tokorau
|
North-east wind; north
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West Futuna
|
MP.TOKELAU
|
Tokorau
|
Southwest wind
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West Futuna
|
MP.TOKELAU
|
Tokorau tu
|
West wind
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West Futuna
|
PN.TOKO-TOKO
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Tokatoka (FUT), tokotoko (ANI)
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A staff, walking stick
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West Futuna
|
SO.TOKO.1B
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Tokó/tu
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Forked stick for hanging fish on
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West Futuna
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MP.PISI.1
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Tonga/bisi
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Place where sea breaks and scatters spray on land
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West Futuna
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FJ.TOLO.2A
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Toro/toro
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To crawl (of child); soft, flowing (as porridge)
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West Futuna
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EO.TOE.1A
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To/toe
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To be weak after sickness, or atrophied through disuse
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West Futuna
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PN.TAKA-GA
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To/tokonga (ANI)
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Marriage supper
Problematic
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West Futuna
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PN.TOLA.2
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To/tora
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Species of coconut
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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PN.TO-TOLO
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To/toro (ANI)
|
To bow the knee (?)
Problematic
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