| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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PN.MELO
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Me/mero
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Pink
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Anuta
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OC.MITI.3A
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Miti/miti
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Hard candy or other object to be sucked
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Anuta
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PN.MOSO.2
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Mo
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Cooked, in any manner (baked, roasted, boiled)
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Anuta
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MP.MOHE
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Moe (pl. mo/moe, moe/raki)
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To sleep
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Luangiua
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OC.PILI.2
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Moʔo/pili
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Schwarze Eidechse [black lizard]
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Anuta
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OC.PILI.2
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Mokopiri
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A type of lizard a little bigger than the *piripata*, but smaller than the *moko uri*
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Anuta
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MP.MOO-MONA
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Mo(o)mona
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Fat, grease; greasy
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Anuta
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PN.MORI.A
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Mo/mori
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To send (an object)
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Anuta
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PN.MAUMAU.1
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Moumou/i
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To spoil, destroy
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Anuta
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EO.MU-MUNI
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Muni/muni
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A game in which people hide
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Anuta
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SO.MUQA-GA-LAQE
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Mungaarai
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Forehead
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Anuta
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PN.MURI.1B
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Muri
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Back, the rear portion of something
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Anuta
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AN.ROGO.1A
|
Rongo
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To hear
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Takuu
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EP.KUKU.1B
|
Kkuu
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Fishing technique (A single line is dropped beyond the reef...sinker at the bottom and several hooks attached above on wooden spacers. The principal fish caught by this method is *paru*.)
Problematic
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Luangiua
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EP.KUKU.1B
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ʔUu
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Fishing - far out to sea, many hooks on one line
Problematic
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Anuta
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XW.NAWU
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Namu
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To bleach one's hair by the application of a suspension of lime (calcium hydroxide) in salt water
Problematic
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Anuta
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AN.NAMU.1A
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Na/namu
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To have an unpleasant odour, to stink; sour, pungent or other disagreeable odour, such as the smell of *ma*, or rotten fish
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Anuta
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PN.NEFU.2A
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Nepu
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Fog
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Anuta
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SO.NEVE
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Neve/nga
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A load carried by a woman by tying it to her back with a strip of barkcloth
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Anuta
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PN.MATUQU.B
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Niu matuu
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Mature coconut (before the stage where the liquid congeals to form the *oko*)
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Anuta
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Coconut before it has become fully mature and fallen from the tree
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Anuta
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PN.QUI
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Niu vi
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Green coconut
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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No/noa
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Promise (n,v)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Anuta
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EO.NOO-GIA
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No/nongi
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To ask for something; a request
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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Noo/kapa
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A belt made from sennit cord
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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No/(u)ua
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To hang by the neck
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Anuta
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SO.GAA-QUTA
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Ngauta
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Landward, ashore, inland, toward the centre of the island
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Anuta
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OC.-GA
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-nga
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Substantive suffix, often used to change a verb to a noun
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Anuta
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CE.AAIO
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Ng/aaio
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Calm weather; sometimes used as generic term for weather
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Anuta
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CE.GAKI.A
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Ngaki
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To be short of wind
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Luangiua
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PN.TUQU.3A
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Ku/ku/kia
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Abschneiden [cut off (several things)]
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Anuta
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PN.PULE.2
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Nga(a)/pure
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Married man
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Anuta
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MP.GALU.1
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Ngaru
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Breakers, surf
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Anuta
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PN.GATALA
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Ngatara
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A kind of reef fish...
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Anuta
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OC.GAU
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Ngau
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To chew
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Anuta
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PN.GAAWARI
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Ngavari
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Slack (as a fishing line)
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Anuta
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PN.MO-QI
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Ngo
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Prefix indicating that an object has in some way been altered in such a manner as to prepare it for use (e.g. ngo-ika 'piece of cooked fish', ngo-paka 'piece of tobacco ready for smoking')
Problematic
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Anuta
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CP.GOGO.1
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Ngongo
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A type of bird
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Anuta
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PN.KOLE
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Ngutu korekore
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To curse someone or shout in anger
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Anuta
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OC.GUU.1
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Nguu
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A hum or soft groan; to utter such a sound
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Anuta
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PN.HOKA.1
|
Oka
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Transverse beams supporting roof of house
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Tokelau
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EO.HOKA.2
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Oka
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Husk (coconut with husking stake)
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East Uvea
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EO.HOKA.2
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Oka/oka
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Pieu plante pour servir d'ancre aux pirogues pour les amarrer
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Mangaia
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EO.HOKA.2
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ʔOka/a kina
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Lever off and collect sea urchins
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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EO.HOKA.2
|
Oke
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To remove the husk from a coconut
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Anuta
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AN.QONE
|
One(one)
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Beach; beach sand
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Anuta
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AN.QOTI.A
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Oti/ka
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And then
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Anuta
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PN.AQU
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Ou
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To come
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Anuta
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PN.QAW-ATU
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Ova atu, o atu
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To give, to present with
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Anuta
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MP.FAA.2
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Pa
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To be hoarse (E pa na reo)
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