| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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NP.KAKE-GA
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Kaakega
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Place to climb; notches cut in a perpendicular tree to assist ascent; a ladder
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAKE-GA
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Kaakenga
|
Way of ascent, ladder, stairway
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Penrhyn
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NP.KAKE-GA
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Ara kaakenga
|
Ladder
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Ifira-Mele
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FU.KANO.2
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Kano/kaanoa
|
Be unable
Problematic
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Takuu
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NP.KA-ATI-RA
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Kaaoti
|
Stop, quit (vi)
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Sikaiana
|
AN.KULO
|
Kulo
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A multi‑purpose basket made of coconut leaf {paakele} that can be used as a hat or for carrying food
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Takuu
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SO.MAQAA
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(Hai)maa
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Kinship term applied to certain affinal relatives
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Sikaiana
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SO.MAQAA
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Maa
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Same-generation in‑laws (everyone spouse calls taina or kave; anyone who is a married to a taina or kave). (a respect relationship). Some speakers generalize this term to include all in‑laws, regardless of generation.
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Sikaiana
|
SO.MAAVAVA.*
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Maaoa
|
To yawn
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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SO.MAAVAVA.*
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Maaoa
|
Yawn
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MANATU
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Maanatu
|
To think back, to remember
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Sikaiana
|
AN.MA-NIFI
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Maanihi
|
To be thin, of flat objects
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
|
Maauri-loo
|
Truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
|
Ha-maauri
|
True, truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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PN.MA-RAMA.B
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Maarama
|
Natural world (as opposed to the supernatural)
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Sikaiana
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PN.MA-RAMA.B
|
Malaama/na
|
The world, the universe, the cosmos
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
|
PN.MAASINA
|
Maahina
|
Light (n); shine, shiny
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Takuu
|
NO.MATA-KAINA
|
Matakaaina
|
Place, area, location
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maatau
|
A fish hook (archaic); to fish with a hand held line
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Sikaiana
|
AN.MATUQA.C
|
Maatua
|
Parents
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MAATUQA
|
Maatua
|
genetic parents, classifactory parents; 1st ascending generation lineal and collateral relatives.
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Takuu
|
PN.MAATUQA
|
Maatua
|
Clan head, traditional religious and secular leader; parent
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Nukumanu
|
PN.MATUQA.B
|
Haka/maatua
|
Called great
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Niue
|
PN.GAQA
|
Gaa
|
A fish, outer reef fish (edible, usually caught at night)
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Samoan
|
PN.GAQA
|
Gaa
|
Fish (Scomber sp.)
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Nukuoro
|
PN.GAQA
|
Ngaa
|
Fish sp.
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Luangiua
|
PN.GAQA
|
ŋaa
|
Long jawed mackerel
|
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Takuu
|
PN.GAQA
|
Naa
|
Fish sp., approx. 250 mm. long, blue and white, found in schools...
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Sikaiana
|
PN.GAQA
|
Naa
|
Fish sp., 'buma' [horse mackerel, Caranx crumenophthalmus]
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Nuguria
|
EC.NAI
|
Punaa/nai
|
A kind of shellfish, giant one, edible; it is farmed on the atoll
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Nuguria
|
NO.NAKOFU
|
Pu/naakkohu
|
Shell of dead punaanai
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Sikaiana
|
PN.GATAQA
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Nataa/taa
|
To make an effort, to engage oneself in some activity
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Takuu
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OC.NOFO
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Naa n/noho
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Wives in a plural marriage (in fables)
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Takuu
|
SO.PAPA.2
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Ppaa
|
Fish sp., similar to bonito but larger, with a shorter body
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Sikaiana
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SO.PAPA.2
|
Ppaa
|
A yellow fin tuna fish when caught with a troll line
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Takuu
|
PN.PAPA.1B
|
Ppaa
|
Part of loom: cloth-beam; scraping-board
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Takuu
|
SO.PENA.3
|
Panaa/ua
|
Side of the shoulder next to the neck
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Nuguria
|
PN.PEE-
|
Pee/naa, pee/nei
|
Like that, like this
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Takuu
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PN.PEE-HENA
|
Pe(e)naa
|
Like that (close to you), in that way
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PEE-HENA
|
Pee naa
|
Like that
|
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Nuguria
|
NO.MANU.2
|
Manu-saa
|
Smell (v) of something going bad (fish and meat)
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Takuu
|
XO.TAMAKI.2
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Puupuu taamaki
|
Overeat, gorge oneself; feel bloated
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Nuguria
|
AN.RAQA
|
Mataa-raa
|
Branch, twig
|
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Nukumanu
|
PN.RAQA-RAQA
|
Raraa
|
Branches
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Sikaiana
|
PN.LAAKEI
|
Laakei
|
To be decorated with flowers
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Luangiua
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SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa
|
Fin of shark
|
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Sikaiana
|
SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa
|
The fin of a shark
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Takuu
|
SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laaraa
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Fixed dorsal fin of sharks, whales, porpoises and all large fish
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Pukapuka
|
SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa/ila
|
Small shark sp.
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Tokelau
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SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa/ila
|
White-tipped Reef White Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), when very large
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