| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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MP.PIKO.A
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Piki
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Crooked
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAI-HAQA.A
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Kaia, kai kai a
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Robbers
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Penrhyn
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PN.FAKA-MAA
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Haka ma!
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For shame!
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Penrhyn
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PN.HAFA.B
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Ei aha
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Why?
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Penrhyn
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NP.FE-KITE
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Haka/ki/kite
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See, visit
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Penrhyn
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FJ.APAI.1
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Hapai
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Wall plate
Phonologically Irregular
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Penrhyn
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PN.FAALIKI
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Hariki o te kai
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Food basket
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Penrhyn
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OC.FONO.1A
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Hono tangata
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Link with the people [in kinship]
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Penrhyn
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EC.FUGA.2
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Hungahunga
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Small pieces
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Rarotongan
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EC.FUGA.2
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ʔUngaʔunga
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Pieces, fragments, crumbs; to shatter, be in pieces
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Penrhyn
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AN.AKA.A
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Ka/i/hara
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Aerial roots of pandanus
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Rarotongan
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AN.AKA.A
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Ka/i/ʔara
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The aerial brace-roots of the pandanus tree
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Penrhyn
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CE.KAPE.3
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Kape
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Hull piece of canoe just above the keel
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Penrhyn
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AN.KATI
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Kaatinga
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Firm flesh of mature coconut, for making copra
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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AN.KATI
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Kaatinga(a ika)
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Biting place on the back of a fish's neck
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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ʔAuamo
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Pole or stick used for carrying burdens across the shoulders
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East Futuna
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau(kau)ʔamo/ga
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Constellation de l'Aigle
Problematic
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Samoan
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Auamo
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To carry a dead chief about on a bier
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Shoulder pole
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau ʔamo
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Carrying stick; to carry on the shoulders, as on a stick
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Marquesas
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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ʔOuamo (MQS)
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Bois qui sert à porter un fardeau sur les épaules
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Penrhyn
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter, carrying pole; to carry with a carrying pole
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Carry jointly (on carrying pole, stretcher, or with linked hands)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter (bed arranged between two poles to carry a sick person on)
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Penrhyn
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PN.KIKO.A
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Kiko hara
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Flesh of pandanus fruit, the kernel ontained in the hard part of a drupe
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Penrhyn
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PN.KITE.B
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Kitea
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Seen, visible
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Tahitian
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TA.MAA-KONA.2
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Maaʔona
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Lutteur, athlète
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Rarotongan
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TA.MAA-KONA.2
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Maakona
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Leader of a fishing party; captain of a *pua* disc-throwing team
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Mangaia
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TA.MAA-KONA.2
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Maakona
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Captain; instructor, director; successful fisherman
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Penrhyn
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TA.MAA-KONA.2
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Maakona
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Excellent fisherman
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Penrhyn
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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The upward projection at the stern or bow end of the keel. Lozenge-shaped projections on bow and stern (Bck).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Penrhyn
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CE.MATA-KITE.B
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Mata kite
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Knowledge and power of seeing into the future
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Tahitian
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PN.MAKI
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Maʔi
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Maladie, un mal; un malade; un cadavre humain (si le contexte le laisse entendre...)
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Penrhyn
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Matua
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Senior line; main, larger (war party)
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Penrhyn
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NP.NAPE.A
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Nape/nga
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Knotting
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Penrhyn
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NP.NUI.1
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Kia nui taku roro
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Let my measure of *roro* be full
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Penrhyn
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CK.NGAA-TEITEI
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Ingoa ngateitei
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Honorific title
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Penrhyn
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CK.NGAA-TEITEI
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Ngaateitei
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To be respectable, respectful
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Rarotongan
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CK.NGAA-TEITEI
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Ngaateitei
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High rank(ing)
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Mangaia
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CK.NGAA-TEITEI
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Ngaateitei
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Respectable, high, paramount
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Penrhyn
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PN.OQA
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Oa
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Keel
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Penrhyn
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PN.QOTI.B
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Oti/oti
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Completely (postverbal)
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Penrhyn
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OC.PAE.1A
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Pae
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Coral limestone
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Penrhyn
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MP.PAA.1
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Paa/taro
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Wall screen
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Penrhyn
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PN.PULE.2
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Pure/anga atua
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Invoking the gods
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukawa
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An aromatic plant used as a scent (Nothopanax edgerleyi); the scent from same
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Penrhyn
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukava
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Altar. Small enclosure on marae (Bck).
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Penrhyn
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Rau manu
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A crowd of many birds flying over a shoal of fish (*inaho*), either on the lagoon or on the ocean; all the thatch sheets of a house.
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Tahitian
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu
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Rassemblement d'oiseaux de mer dénotant la présence d'un banc de poissons
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Tahitian
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Rauava
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The *miro* or *amae* leaves used in the marae for various sacred purposes
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