| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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SO.KATA.3
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Kata/kata
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A deep-sea fish (Epinephelus miliaris)
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Tokelau
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SO.KATA.3
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Kata
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Large size of Caranx melampygus and C sexfasciatus
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Tongan
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XW.KAATAKI
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Kaataki
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Bear pain or discomfort without complaining or retaliation; to endure, put up with
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right (not left) (Eastern dialects)
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Kapingamarangi
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AN.KATI
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Gadi/gadia
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Prickle as from bugs crawling on one's skin
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Hawaiian
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CE.KATOTO
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ʔAkoko
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Endemic shrubs and small trees (Euphorbia spp.)
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Niue
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NP.KATULI
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Katule
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Plants with an edible root (Amaranthus viridis), pigweed and (Boerhavia diffusa)
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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NP.KATULI
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Kaatule
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A plant, a plantation weed (Boerhavia diffusa) occasionally used as a herb
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
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NP.KATULI
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Ufi/atuli/
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A weed . (Boerhavia spp.)
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New Zealand Maori
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EO.KAU.1
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Kau-(r)ia
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Swim
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Rotuman
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EO.KAU.1
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Kau
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To wade, especially on the rocks
Borrowed
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAU.7
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Kau
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Be a member of a group, team, crew etc (Ranby) to join, associate with, to attend, to be included in an activity (Jackson)
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New Zealand Maori
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CK.KAUERE
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Kauere
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The eastern dialects' name for the puuriri, a large forest tree
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Rarotongan
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CK.KAUERE
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Auere
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A small indigenous tree (Grevia grevata) ?
Borrowed
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Niue
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau
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To bathe (Avatele dialect)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau/ia
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Bathe, wash (vt)
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-QULI
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Kaukau uʔuli
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(Diaspyros samoensis)
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-QULI
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Auri
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Young saplings of the uru, ahia, mape and vi trees; iron of all sorts
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAULU
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Kauru
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Extremity of anything (especially tree tops)
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Easter Island
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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Mahute
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(Broussonetia papyrifera)
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Tahitian
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FJ.KAUTE
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ʔAute
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Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), autrefois (Broussonetia papyrifera) dont on faisait un tapa brun
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West Uvea
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OC.KAWA.1A
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Kava
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Liane (Derris trifolia) utilisée pour empoisonner les poissons, et pour attacher les éléments du mur de la case
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Tokelau
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NP.KAWA.1B
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Kava/hia
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Be stung, affected by pungency (of mouth)
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Hawaiian
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CP.KAWA.3
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ʔAʔawa
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Wrasse (Bodianus bilunulatus)
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Anuta
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NP.KAWA-KAWA-QATUA
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Kawakawa tua. Kavakavaatua (Fbg).
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(Euphorbia atoto)
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Anuta
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NP.KAWA-PUI
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Kawapui. Kauapui (Fbg).
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Alpinia sp.
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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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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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Tongan
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PN.KAWA-SASA
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Kavahaha
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Derris trifoliata, indigenous liana. An extract of the plant is used as a fish poison.
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East Uvea
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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Kavahuhu
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A shrub (Tephrosia piscatoria)
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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ʔAuhuhu
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A shrub (Tephrosia purpurea)
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Marquesas
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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Kohuhu
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Espece de genet dont on se sert pour endormir le poisson (Tephrosia piscatoria)
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Niue
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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Kauhuhu, ko(u)huhu
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Shrub sp. (Tephrosia purpurea), used to stupefy small fish for bait
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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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Tongan
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PN.KAWA-SUSU
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Kavahuhu
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Shrub sp. (Tephrosia purpurea)
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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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Tongan
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PN.KAAWE-A
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Kaave/a
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To be carried off one's feet, especially by love
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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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Tahitian
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PN.KAWEIGA
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Aveia
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A mark to steer by when at sea, the sun by day, and moon and stars by night; a mariner's compass
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Tokelau
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PN.KEE.1
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Kee
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2nd person singular pronoun (agent immediately preceding the verb)...
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Marquesas
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OC.KEA.2
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Káia
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The shell of a tortoise
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Hawaiian
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PN.KEFU
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ʔEhu
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Reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians; reddish-brown complexion, ruddy
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Tongan
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PN.KEFU
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Kefu
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Brownish (especially of leaves or hair)
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Penrhyn
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OC.KEHE
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Kee
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Different, foreign; special, exceptional
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Rennellese
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OC.KELI
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Kegi
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Dig v, especially tubers
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Tikopia
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PN.KENA.1A
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Kena
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White, especially pure white; devoid of colour, bright, shining; pale, bleached; flaxen, of hair
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Tongan
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OC.KESA
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Keha(keha)
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Yellow or yellowish, especially of mats
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KIA.1A
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Kia
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To denote wish, purpose, or effect
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Mangaia
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PN.KIA.1A
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ʔIa
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Particle (verbal): may...., let us...; (introducing an optative or hortative clause): that, so that
Problematic
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Marquesas
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PN.KIA.1A
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ʔIa
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Particule verbale qui exprime une action souhaitée, un désir.
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