| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
|
FJ.FALAU
|
A/forau
|
Canoe shed
|
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Anuta
|
NP.QAFULU
|
Apuru
|
A kind of small fish which sometimes comes onto the reef
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.SALI.1
|
Ari/nga/a/vai
|
Drainage ditch for water
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.QARO-FI-WAQE
|
Aropivae
|
Sole of foot; anything worn on the foot...
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.ATE.2
|
Ate
|
Type of plant (Wedelia biflora) (Adenostoma lavenia)
|
|
Anuta
|
SO.QATI.2
|
Ati
|
To call, refer to as; to be called
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.QATU.2
|
(Nga) Atu/piti
|
Vanikoro, Utupua, Reef and Duff Islands (i.e. Santa Cruz islands excluding Anuta and Tikopia)
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.QATU.2
|
(Te) Atu/raro
|
All "islands" west of Anuta (i.e.Tikopia, Solomons, Banks, New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia)
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.QATULE
|
Ature
|
A type of small fish that comes into the shallow reef water in large schools...
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.QATU.2
|
(Te) Atu/runga
|
All "islands" east of Anuta (e.g. Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii and America)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TE-QA-U
|
Tau (au with plural possessed)
|
Your (singular possessor)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.QAUA.2
|
Aua
|
Imperative: Don't, ...not to...
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.QAUEE
|
Aue
|
Thank you
|
|
Anuta
|
EO.HAA.1
|
E/a
|
Interrogative: What? Why? What's going on? Huh? (May be used as response to a call, as if to say "What do you want?")
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.EE
|
Ee
|
Response to a call, acknowledgement of a call, as if to say "Yes?" or "Here I am."
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.AI.1
|
Ei
|
Him, her, it (as object of preposition *ki* or *i*)
|
|
Anuta
|
AN.IPU
|
Epu
|
A type of toy, fashioned from coconut
|
|
Anuta
|
CP.SELE.1A
|
Ere manu
|
A bamboo snare for catching birds
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.QELO
|
Ero
|
Offensive odour; to give off an offensive odour (rotten smell)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.I.2A
|
I
|
Preposition: in, on
|
|
Anuta
|
AN.IA.4
|
Ia!
|
Here it is!
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.IO.1
|
Iio
|
Yes ("formal" or "proper" speech)
|
|
Anuta
|
XO.KASAGA.
|
Kaanga
|
Finger ring
|
|
Anuta
|
AN.KAI.1A
|
Kai
|
To eat; generic name for food crops
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KA-E
|
Kai
|
Then, and then
|
|
Anuta
|
SO.KAI-TAQE
|
Kai tae
|
Expletive: "eat shit" (curse)
|
|
East Futuna
|
SO.KAI-TAQE
|
Kaitaʔe
|
"Merde!" (exclamation grossière)
|
|
Tikopia
|
SO.KAI-TAQE
|
Kai tee
|
"Eat filth" (in cursing)
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.KAI-TAQE
|
Kai taʔe
|
"Feces eater" (insult)...
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
SO.KAI-TAQE
|
Kaitae
|
Widow; bereaved mother (a woman whose husband or child has died)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.KAHA.1
|
Ka/ka/ti
|
To burn food by leaving it on the fire too long; to dry fish or other food by this method in order to preserve it; burned, charred, overcooked
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KA-KAHA
|
Kakaa
|
To be warm, to feel warm...
|
|
Anuta
|
SO.KAFI
|
Ka/kapi
|
To call someone to come
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KASI.2
|
Ka/kati
|
Yellowfin tuna
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAKAMIKA
|
Kamika
|
Plant sp. (Achyranthes bidentata)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KANA.1
|
Kana
|
A substance found in water on reef and used for polishing metal (a type of coral?)
|
|
Anuta
|
XO.KANO.1B
|
Kano a paito
|
Kinsman, kindred, family, neighbour
|
|
Anuta
|
XO.KANO.1B
|
Kano/penua
|
People of the island, population
|
|
Anuta
|
NP.KANOFI
|
Kano/i/uto
|
Rectum; posterior lobes
|
|
Anuta
|
AN.SUU.1
|
Tu(u), kano/tu(u)
|
(of tuber) To be no good because it is watery inside
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KASOA
|
Kaoa
|
Necklet; also used metaphorically to refer to one's child...
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAPE.2
|
Kape
|
To scoop something out, as in tearing out one's eyeball; to remove the top of something, like a tin can or the end of a coconut
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAPI.C
|
Kapi/kapi
|
Many. [May be Tikopian]
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KALAGA
|
Karanga
|
Speak, say, tell
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.FA-LIU
|
Kareu
|
To turn one's head to look back
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KALO.1
|
(Na-)karo-pia
|
To dodge
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAU.4
|
Kau
|
Stem, shaft, body
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAU.4
|
Kau nima
|
Arm (everything from wrist to shoulder)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAU.4
|
Kau vae
|
Leg (from ankle to hip)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.KAU.2B
|
Kau
|
Group of people
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