| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Prefix indicating a group of people ; join in, become a member; a group
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Rarotongan
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Collective particle preposed to groups of people
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Group of people
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu
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Team , troop of warriors
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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A group (exx. people, canoes); a line, a row (exx.plants)
Problematic
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU.2B
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Au/tahua
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The company of priests
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Takuu
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau-, kkau-
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Pluraliser (Makes a group into a collective noun)
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Company, group, body of people
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau-
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Prefix denoting group of people
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Side with, member of, to be, belong to, bunch
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Sign of plural before nouns denoting persons
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Prefix marquant la participation; co-équipier
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West Futuna
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau-
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Prefix indicating kind, species
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Fijian
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber, tree, stick
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Niue
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber
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Luangiua
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AN.KAU.3
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ʔAu
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Supporting sticks when making net
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Penrhyn
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, stick, pole
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Penrhyn
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/tahu
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Firewood
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Rarotongan
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau-
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Prefix to kau/taa "netting-needle", kau-ariki "Umbrella tree" etc
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Tahitian
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AN.KAU.3
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Au
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A mountain tree of sweet odour
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Tikopia
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/raro
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Wallplate
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Tikopia
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/viroviro
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Firestick
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Tongan
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber
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West Futuna
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/kau
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Riders; roof supports running perpendicular to rafters. Sticks tied to rafters; cross-wood (Cpl).
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West Futuna
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AN.KAU.3
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Kou/pa
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Fence
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle; stalk
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Manche, poignée, tige, branche, pénis
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAU.4
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ʔAu
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Handle, staff, stem, stalk, shaft; bone of lower arm or leg
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.KAU.4
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Gau
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Handle, shaft
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Emae
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Manche (de hache), manche de la pagaie
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem
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Moriori
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle
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Marquesas
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PN.KAU.4
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Kou, ʔou. Koʔu (Lch).
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Manche d'outil
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Nuguria
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau/tarina
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Ear lobe
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Nukuoro
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PN.KAU.4
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Gau lama
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Rachis of coconut leaf
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Luangiua
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PN.KAU.4
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ʔAu
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Stalk of flower, handle of tool
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle of an axe, a kettle, etc. Bamboo shaft of kupega net; main handle of helve for tupaa (adze); bamboo.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU.4
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Na/kau
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Leaf-stem
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau/aa
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Stalk or petiole of plant
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Rotuman
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem
Borrowed
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.4
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ʔAu
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Stalk; shaft, axle; handle; weapons
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Takuu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau-
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Stalk, stem, solid handle of an object, branch of a tree, underground runner of certain plants (e.g. yam, banana). Sticks of fish net (kupena) (Hwd).
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem supporting a bunch of fruit, e.g. bananas; handle of implement
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, handle
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem, handle of oar, bat etc.
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Tuamotu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem, midrib of a leaf; a handle (in compound words)
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Tige, pétiole
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau toki
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Axe-handle and assimilable uses
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau/i
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Ridge of nose
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West Futuna
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle, stem, protuberance
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