| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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EP.MEQA.C
|
E mea puuai
|
There are a lot [of them]
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Marquesas
|
EP.MEQA.C
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E mea momona te ihi
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Les châtaignes sont excellentes [The chestnuts are delicious]
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Mangareva
|
EP.MEQA.C
|
E mea makariri
|
C'est froid
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Tahitian
|
EP.MEQA.C
|
(E) mea au
|
C'est bon
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Rarotongan
|
EP.MEQA.C
|
ʔE mea kino te matangi
|
The wind was something awful
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Tahitian
|
NP.LOOLOA
|
Rooroa
|
Autre nom du thazard (Acanthocybium solandri)
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Penrhyn
|
NP.LOOLOA
|
Roroa
|
Fish sp., rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulata)
|
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Pukapuka
|
EC.KAMAI
|
Kamai
|
(Elegatis bipinnulatus)
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.RORO.2
|
Lolo
|
Fish sp. Short for hinaalea 'akilolo, Yellow-tail Coris (Coris gaimard)
|
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Mangareva
|
CE.RORO.2
|
Ko/roro
|
Poisson: Callyodon chlorodon (Scaridae) [Scarus sp.]
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Tuamotu
|
CE.RORO.2
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Roro
|
Fish sp. (has deep blue back, white belly, and roundish body)
|
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Rarotongan
|
CE.RORO.2
|
Rooroo
|
Long-mouthed wrasse, a fish whose shape resembles the coconut spathe; cream-coloured with green tip to tail; edible
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.RORO.2
|
Upoko/roro
|
Grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) a fresh-water fish
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.LOOLOA
|
Roeroe
|
Poisson: Carangue arc-en-ciel (Elegatis bipinnulatus)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.LOOLOA
|
Roeroe
|
A variety of large, long, roundish fish
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Tamore
|
Edge of mat
|
|
Penrhyn
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Taamore
|
Finishing end of pandanus works such as hats, baskets and mats; edge of hat brim
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Taamore/more
|
Niveler, polir, égaliser
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Taamore
|
Bare, bald
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Taamore/more
|
Bald, bare, freed from obstructions or encumbrances; clear expanse
|
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Tuamotu
|
TA.TAA-MOLE
|
Taamore/more
|
To make smooth, to level, equalize
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.KOO-UA
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Pua koua
|
Dried coconut husk
|
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Penrhyn
|
TA.KOO-UA
|
Pua kooua
|
Fertilized female flower of coconut
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.PATA.3
|
Rau pata/pata
|
Longer leaflets of coconut
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
SO.PUU.3
|
Puu
|
Light (oven)
Problematic
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.MANATAA
|
Mana/manataa
|
Problem
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CE.MANATAA
|
Taa/manataa
|
Annoy, irritate
|
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Mangaia
|
CE.MANATAA
|
Manataa
|
Busy, troubled, worried
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CK.HAAKARA
|
Aakara/kara
|
Observe
Borrowed
|
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Rarotongan
|
CK.HAAKARA
|
ʔAakara
|
Look at, observe, stare at
|
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Penrhyn
|
CK.HAAKARA
|
Haakara
|
To see, look carefully at
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.LOGA
|
A/ronga
|
Group of people
|
|
Mangaia
|
PN.LOGA
|
A/ronga
|
Class of particular people (usually of restricted membership)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.LOGA
|
Group (of people, but not used before *ariki*, *rangatira*, *mataʔiapo* or *metua*)
|
|
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Rarotongan
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CK.PAA-KIRI
|
Paakiri
|
Skin, hide (of people, animals); peel, rind; bark; cover (of book)
|
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Mangaia
|
CK.PAA-KIRI
|
Paakiri
|
Skin (still on living body); bark; shell (of egg)...
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.PAAPUU
|
Paapuu (i)
|
Convinced
|
|
Mangaia
|
CE.PAAPUU
|
Paapuu
|
Certain, sure
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
TA.PEU.2
|
Peu
|
Traditional
|
|
Mangaia
|
TA.PEU.2
|
Peu
|
Custom, culture, behaviour
|
|
Mangaia
|
TA.PEU.2
|
Peu/peu
|
Eccentric, idiosyncratic, singular
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
NP.TUQU-LAGA.A
|
Tuuranga
|
Way [method]
|
|
Rarotongan
|
MP.UE.A
|
Ue
|
Shake, disturb, shift, realign, swing round...
|
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Mangaia
|
MP.UE.A
|
Ue
|
Move something away, lever, raise, jerk
|
|
Mangaia
|
MP.UE.A
|
Ue/ue
|
Shake (vt)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.GOSE
|
Ngoʔe/ngoʔe/aa
|
Weak, unthrifty, without vigour (of the growth of plants); apathetic, dispirited, slack
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.GOSE
|
Ngo/ngohe
|
Withered, flaccid
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.GOSE
|
Whaka/ngohe/ngohe
|
Subdue
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.GOSE
|
Nohe/a
|
Tendre, mou
|
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East Futuna
|
OC.GASE-GASE
|
Gaase/a
|
Faible, mou
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