| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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MP.MAGO
|
Maango/a
|
Having very little juice in it
Problematic
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Tongan
|
FJ.QARA
|
Aa
|
To awake
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Tongan
|
PN.KAATOA-GA
|
Kaatoanga
|
Festival, public festivity or celebration
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.KAATOA-GA
|
Kaatoaga
|
Fête traditionnelle, fête publique avec danses et distribution de vivres
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Tongan
|
PN.TULA
|
Faa/tula
|
(of a man) Naturally without beard, moustache or whiskers
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Tongan
|
PN.PAA.4
|
Paa
|
Shield
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Tongan
|
AN.TAA.1B
|
Taa(ʔi)
|
To chop, to cut or carve (e.g. a canoe) by chopping; to draw (a picture)...
|
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Tongan
|
PN.FAI-GA
|
Faainga
|
Work hard at, struggle or wrestle with (fig.)
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MAKA-SUNU
|
Makahua
|
A kind of stone, used for haangii
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
|
AN.MAQOHA
|
Maaoa
|
Dense, of the bush beyond the cultivated land
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataa fenua
|
Côte habitée
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Tongan
|
PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataafonua
|
Coast, shore, from the standpoint of the sea
|
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Nuguria
|
EO.TAQO.1
|
Taau/mi
|
Put food inside of the earth oven
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.TA-FOKI
|
Taaʔoki
|
To return; send or put back, return, replace; repeat
|
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Samoan
|
FJ.TEI.2
|
Taai
|
Preposed particle: nearly, almost
|
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Tokelau
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FJ.TEI.2
|
Taai
|
Preposed particle: nearly, almost, soon
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Tuvalu
|
FJ.TEI.2
|
Taai/taai
|
(with negative) Not yet, nowhere near
|
|
Mota
|
PN.WAO-A
|
Vaoaa
|
To be overgrown by weeds
|
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Tongan
|
PN.KAA.1
|
Kaa/lou
|
(of a dog) To bark
|
|
Niue
|
XW.PAQOGO
|
Paaogo
|
A type of floor mat (woven with wide double strips of pandanus)
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.TAAU-GA.B
|
Tautaauga
|
Crochet auquel on suspend les paniers de vivres dans la maison
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa
|
To act deceitfully or fraudulently, to cheat
|
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Niue
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa
|
To be boastful, to be cheeky, to be outspoken (refers to a harsh, aggessive way of boasting)
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa
|
Tromper, duper, tricher, trahir; fourberi, trahison...
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa
|
Malin, rusé; ruse
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa/ʔi
|
Tromper, être trompé
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.KAAKAA.2
|
Kaakaa
|
To berate, scold; to shout, yell repeatedly
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.LONA
|
Lonaa
|
(To have) hiccups
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.LONA
|
Lonaa
|
Hoquet; avoir le hoquet
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.LONA
|
Lonaa
|
Be choked on a piece of food
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.LONA
|
Loonaa
|
To have food stuck in windpipe, to choke
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.LONA
|
Loonaa
|
The sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.LONA
|
Noonaa
|
Food stuck in the throat; to choke (because there is too much to swallow)
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Hawaiian
|
XW.MAMANA
|
Maamana
|
Attractive, said of a person sexually appealing but not necessarily good-looking
Problematic
|
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Tongan
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Salt
|
|
Fijian
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Salt obtained by evaporation from sea-water...
|
|
Niue
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maatima
|
Salt (traditionally from the sea, dried on pandanus leaves)
|
|
East Uvea
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Sel
|
|
Samoan
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Salt (from Fiji)
|
|
Tokelau
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maahima
|
Salt
|
|
Tuvalu
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Salt
|
|
Tuvalu
|
XW.MAASIMA
|
Maasima
|
Salt (SAM?)
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.TAQAGA
|
Taaʔaga hiva
|
Couplet d'un chant
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.TAQAGA
|
Taaʔaga lea
|
Proverbe, maxime
|
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Samoan
|
PN.TAQAGA
|
Taaga
|
The motion of the hands in dancing. Gesture, movement (Mnr).
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAQAGA
|
Taaga
|
Action, movement (of a fatele or traditional action song)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.TAQAGA
|
Taaga
|
Gestures, movements, actions (of dancing and speaking)
|
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Tongan
|
PN.TAA.1D
|
Taa
|
To play (a piano or other stringed instrument); to perform, render [ex. nose-flute]
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAA.1D
|
Taa/taa
|
Jouer (de la guimbarde)
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Samoan
|
PN.TAA.1D
|
Taa
|
Play (instrument or tune)
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