| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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FJ.KITIKITI-VAI
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Kisikisi-vai
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Dragonfly
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East Uvea
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
Oiseau, sorte de bécassine, pluvier
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Emae
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
Shore bird sp
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|
Niue
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
Plover (Pluvialis dominica)...
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Pukapuka
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
A variety of Plover ; one of the Arctic wading birds that occasionally visit in flocks in migration
|
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Tikopia
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
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Tongan
|
MP.KIU.1
|
Kiu
|
(Pluvialis dominica) and other waders
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|
Tuvalu
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
Innumerable
|
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Hawaiian
|
NP.KIU.2
|
ʔIu
|
Lofty, sacred, revered, consecrated
Problematic
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Marquesas
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
Plural marker. Longtemps, jadis (Lch).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
Very many, an indefinite number
|
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Rennellese
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
A thousand fathoms (approximately); ten thousand coconuts; figuratively, any great number
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Tahitian
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Iu
|
A million...
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Takuu
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd).
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Tuamotu
|
NP.KIU.2
|
Kiu
|
Two hundred, two million
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.KIU.3
|
Kivi
|
Nom de poisson (Lutjanus bohar); espèce d'igname
Problematic
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|
Niue
|
PN.KIU.3
|
Kivi
|
Tapering, diminishing in size; gradually disappearing in the distance
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|
Tikopia
|
PN.KIU.3
|
Kiu
|
Tapering, narrowed (said of a fish whose tail narrows to the rear) ; grimace, screw up the face
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Tuvalu
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva
|
Superincise, circumcise
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East Futuna
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva
|
Flake/splinter of glass/stone. Bout de verre, tesson.
|
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East Uvea
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva
|
Morceau pointu, fragment aigu
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
SO.KIVA
|
Ki/kiwa/
|
Scintillate
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva, kive
|
Former old word for adze
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva/kiva
|
Hard, strong
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kua/kiva
|
Hard, hard to pull up
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Pukapuka
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiva
|
Young adults
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.KIVA
|
Kiba
|
Knife, sharp stick; goat or cow horn, sword
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Kiwa
|
Dark, black (of sky)
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Keʔaa kiva
|
A blue-green stone
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|
Niue
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Kiva
|
Dirty. Dirt-coloured, dusky (McE).
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Luangiua
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
(ʔ)Iva
|
Shine. Bright.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Kiva
|
Blue space (e.g. sky)
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Iva/iva
|
Dark, dismal
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
ʔIva/ʔiva
|
Dark, dismal
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.KIWA.1
|
Kiva
|
Black background colour
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.KIWA.2A
|
ʔIwa
|
A fern (Asplenium horridum); Frigate-bird (Fregata)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.KIWA.2A
|
Kiwa/kiwa
|
A fern (Blechnum fluviatilis)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.KIWA.2A
|
Kiva
|
Young spiral shoot of kikipa fern
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.KIWA.2B
|
ʔIwa
|
Frigate bird
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.KIWA.2B
|
Te moana-nui-a-kiwa
|
Honorific term for the ocean
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.KIWA.2B
|
Kiva a Tangaloa
|
Young adult males (humans) and poss. fish
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.KIWA.2B
|
Kiva
|
Male frigate-bird
|
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
ʔIwi
|
Scarlet Hawaiian Creeper, (Vestiaria coccinea)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kiwi
|
Apteryx
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Tutu/kiwi
|
Snares Island Snipe
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kihi
|
Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Marquesas
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kivi
|
Shorebird which cries "kivi". Pluvier fauve; Lesser Golden Plover (Ua Pou). Chevalier errant; Wandering Tattler (Ua Pou, Hiva Oa). (Atl).
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Mangareva
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kivi(kivi)
|
Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis). Oiseau: courlis d'Alaska (Numernius taitensis).
|
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Nukuoro
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Givi/givi
|
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
|
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Luangiua
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
ʔIvi
|
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
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