| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.KAAKASO.*
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Kaakaho
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Culm of the toetoe or reed-grass (Arundo conspicua) [Austroderia fulvida]
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Marquesas
|
CE.KAAKASO.*
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Kaakaho. Ka(a)ka(a)ho (Atl).
|
Roseau (Arundinacee). (Erianthus floridulus) (Atl).
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.KAKAWA
|
Visi/khava/ia
|
Sweat, to perspire
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.KAKE
|
Kake-a
|
Climb, tree, hill (esp. northern dialects)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.KAKE
|
Kake-a -ʔia -na
|
Climb; mount, serve
|
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Hawaiian
|
CP.KALA.1
|
ʔAla/ʔala
|
Aerial tubers of bitter yam (D. bulbifera)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tikopia
|
CP.KALA.1
|
Kala
|
Male genitalia
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.KALA.2
|
K/kara (trans. kara/sia)
|
Sting
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.KALAGA
|
Kalana
|
Song with dance actions brought to Sikaiana from the Gilbert Islands, probably in the 19th century
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.KALAKA
|
Karaka/ravatua
|
(Euphorbia aloto)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
TA.KARAKIA
|
Karakia
|
Spell, to recite a spell
|
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Marquesas
|
TA.KARAKIA
|
Kaʔakia
|
Tres petit
Problematic
|
|
Penrhyn
|
TA.KARAKIA
|
Karakia
|
Individual noted for prophetic powers ; man of knowledge who can see into the future
|
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.KARAKIA
|
Karakia
|
Invocation, incantation
|
|
Tuamotu
|
TA.KARAKIA
|
Karakiia
|
Incantation, charm
|
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Fijian
|
OC.KALAQAPUSI
|
Kalabuci
|
(Aalypha insulana), (A. grandis), (A.wilkesiana)
|
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Tongan
|
OC.KALAQAPUSI
|
Kalakalaʔapusi
|
(Acalypha wilkesiana)
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.KALAWA.1
|
Kalava
|
Outer layer of main midrib of coconut frond to which the leaflets remain attached when it is removed. Partie fibreuse jaune et fine de la nervure centrale de la palme de cocotier; trait délimitant chaquebande "fu'ataga" du siapo (Mfr).
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.KALEQA
|
ʔOlee
|
Conch shell (Charonia tritonis)
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.KALEQA
|
Kaleea
|
Small land snail, not eaten by Tikopia...Pythia scarabeus, Melampus flavus
Problematic
|
|
Fijian
|
CE.KAA-RETU
|
Qale/seva
|
A kind of fern (Bua dialect)
Problematic
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CP.KAALEWA
|
Kaare(w)are(w)a
|
New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CP.KAALEWA
|
Kaaiaia
|
New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CP.KAALEWA
|
Kaaeaea
|
New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CP.KAALEWA
|
Karavia
|
Long-tailed New Zealand Cuckoo, (Eudynamis taitensis)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
AN.KALI.2
|
ʔAli
|
Variant of `eli to dig
|
|
Rotuman
|
AN.KALI.2
|
Kari
|
To scrape, especially so as to roughen or damage
Borrowed
|
|
Tahitian
|
AN.KALI.2
|
ʔAri/ʔari
|
Mince par endroit, de diamètre irregulier
|
|
East Uvea
|
FJ.KALIA
|
Kalia
|
Grande pirogue double
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.KALIA
|
Kalia
|
The double canoe of the Tongans; fish sp. called ulu rua, from the peculiar formation of its forehead. Double-headed wrasse (Bolbometopon) (Gty).
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.KALIA
|
Kalia/kai
|
Dinghy, lifeboat
|
|
Samoan
|
FJ.KALIA
|
ʔAlia
|
Double canoe
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.KALIA
|
Kalia
|
Double canoe
|
|
Anuta
|
NP.KALI-KAO
|
Karikau
|
Trochus shell (found in Tikopia, but not Anuta); trochus shell armlet
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.KALI-KAO
|
Karikawa
|
(Cookia sulcata) a univalve mollusc
Problematic
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
NP.KALI-KAO
|
Kariao
|
Trochus shell
|
|
Luangiua
|
NP.KALI-KAO
|
Aleʔiia
|
Trochus
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.KARIOI
|
Arioi
|
A certain fraternity of players, that travelled thru the islands, and observed peculiar customs
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.KARIOI
|
Karioi
|
Young man/woman prior to permanent marriage...at the period of free sexual intercourse
|
|
Rennellese
|
EO.KALISI.1A
|
Ka(n)gisi
|
Kind of small skink (Emoia cyanura)
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.KALO.1
|
Kago-hia
|
To punish
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Fijian
|
??.KALO.2
|
Qalo
|
A tree (Weinmannia richii)
|
|
Emae
|
FJ.KALOLO
|
Kalo/tia
|
String (a bow); bind (a person) hand and foot
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.KALO-(QI)-AFI
|
ʔAloiafi
|
Spark
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.KALU-KALU.A
|
ʔAluʔalu
|
Edible jellyfish sp., (Rhizostoma sp.) ; upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopoeia sp.)
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.KAMA-KAMA.1
|
Kamakama
|
Crab sp. ; (Portinus gladiator) and some Grapsidae (I)
|
|
Ra'ivavae
|
MP.KAMI.1
|
Amiami
|
Interior folds of the vagina. To move the vagina with a circular motion (Stn).
Problematic
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.KAMO.1
|
Kemo/tia
|
Signal with eyes
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.KANA.1
|
Kana
|
Marine material, probably sponge, said to drift to Tikopia
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.KANA.2
|
Kana/kanaia
|
Witchcraft
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