| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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NP.KAWA.1B
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Kava
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Bitter, sour, salty, acrid
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Tahitian
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NP.KAWA.1B
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Ava/ava
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Sour, acrid, bitter, saltish
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Tahitian
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NP.KAWA.1B
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ʔAva/ʔava
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Acide, amer, salé; tabac
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Fijian
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CP.KAWA.3
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Qawaqawa
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A fish like the saqa, but with a yellowish tail and no teeth. Syn kawakawa
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Tuamotu
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CP.KAWA.3
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Kavakava
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(Decapterus sanctoehelenae)
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Tahitian
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CE.KAWA-PUSI.*
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Avapuhi
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An odoriferous plant, used for giving a pleasant scent to a native cloth called puhi ava
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East Futuna
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PN.KAWA-SASA
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Kavasasa
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Nom d'un espèce de liane. (Derris trifoliata) (Whr).
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East Uvea
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PN.KAWA-SASA
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Kavasasa
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Plante venemeux importé de Fiji pour prendre des poissons
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Samoan
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PN.KAWA-SASA
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ʔAvasaa
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Shrub (Tephrosia sp.) used to poison fish
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Samoan
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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ʔAva-saa
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A shrub used to poison fish (Tephrosia)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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MP.KAWE.2A
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Kavekave
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Servir d'intermédiaire (entre deux fiancés); faire le messager
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East Uvea
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MP.KAWE.2A
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Kave
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Porter, transmettre (en parlant surtout d'un message, d'une nouvelle)
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New Zealand Maori
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??.KAWE-AU
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Kawe(kawe)au
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A large lizard said to be striped with red or brown; the Longtailed Cuckoo (Eurodynamis taitensis)
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Fijian
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Kawakawasaa
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Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (Lau dialect)
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Fijian
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PN.KAWEI
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Kaweki
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Lash sail to yard
Problematic
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Takuu
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SO.KAAVEI
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Kaavei
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A constellation said to resemble a rope
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAWEIGA
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Kaveinga
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Compass ; a group of stars on the same declination, thought of as a constellation ; bearing
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Tuamotu
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CE.KAWEKA
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Kaveka
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Sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa)
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Penrhyn
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TA.KAWEU.
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Kaveu
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Kind of crab living in the sand (Yda); coconut crab, Birgus latro (Sta)
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Anuta
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OC.KAWIKI
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Kaviki
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Small, white sand-crab
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.KAWIKI
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Koviki
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Sand-crab
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Rennellese
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OC.KAWIKI
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Kabiki
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Kind of white sand crab
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Samoan
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OC.KAWIKI
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ʔAviʔi
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Sand crab (Ocypoda sp.)
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Tongan
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OC.KAWIKI
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Keviki
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Small light-coloured crab that lives in the sand
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West Uvea
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OC.KAWIKI
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Kaviki, kafiki
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Crabe de sable, blanc, (Ocypode stimsoni)
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Marquesas
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EP.KEHO.2
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Keho
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Basalte, pierre basaltique. Longue pierre carrée (Lch).
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Mangareva
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EP.KEHO.2
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Keʔo
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Basalte, pierre tranchante et dure qui servait à faire des couteaux, des haches du pays
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.KEFU
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ʔEhu
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Sandy, reddish-brown
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Tuamotu
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PN.KEFU
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Kehu
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A blond, sandy, reddish, light-chestnut-brown
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Sikaiana
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OC.KEHE
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Kee
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Different, not the same
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East Uvea
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PN.KEKEE
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Kekee
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Pleurer en poussant des cris.
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Anuta
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CP.KELE.A
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Kere
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Soil, sand
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Anuta
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CP.KELE.A
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Kere/kere
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Generic term for sand, dirt, or soil; dirty; world
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Kapingamarangi
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CP.KELE.A
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Gele/gele, gele- (in compounds)
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Sand
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Nuguria
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CP.KELE.A
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Kere/kere
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Sand, earth (soil and ground)
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Nukuoro
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CP.KELE.A
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Gele/gele
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Sand, soil
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Luangiua
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CP.KELE.A
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ʔEle
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Dirt; dirty. Sand (Hbn).
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Pukapuka
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CP.KELE.A
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Kele/kele
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Sand
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Sikaiana
|
CP.KELE.A
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Kele/kele
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Earth, ground, sand, soil; land that is owned
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Takuu
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CP.KELE.A
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Kere/kere
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Dirt, soil, sand, ground, coral chips; sandy
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Hawaiian
|
EP.KERE-TUU
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ʔElekuu
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Coarse, vesicular basalt
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.KELO.1B
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Ke/kero
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Die, disappear
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Niue
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MP.KEMO
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Kemo
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To blink; to just about disappear. Wink (McE).
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Ifira-Mele
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OC.KESA
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Kesa/kesa
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Blue or green
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Tikopia
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OC.KESA
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Kesa
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Green, yellow-green, with suggestion of off-colour, indeterminate between light and dark, hence may be applied to greenish grey, purplish grey, or murky brown of dry leaves
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Marquesas
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EO.KETE.A
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ʔEte (MQS), kete (MQN)
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Sac, poche, gousset; panier, corbeille
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Mangareva
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EO.KETE.A
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Kete
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Bag. Sac, poche.
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Rennellese
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EO.KETE.A
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Kete
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Basket, plaited bag, haversack
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West Uvea
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EO.KETE.A
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Kete
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Panier, corbeille (en feuilles de pandanus); cercueil; boite en fer blanc; sac de femme
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Rennellese
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PN.KEWA.1
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Keba(keba) = gheogheo
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To stagger, take a weaving course; to walk with dangling limbs, said mockingly of lame persons
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