| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Hawaiian
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NP.KIU.2
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ʔIu
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Lofty, sacred, revered, consecrated
Problematic
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Marquesas
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NP.KIU.2
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Kiu
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Plural marker. Longtemps, jadis (Lch).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.KIU.2
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Kiu
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Very many, an indefinite number
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Rennellese
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NP.KIU.2
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Kiu
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A thousand fathoms (approximately); ten thousand coconuts; figuratively, any great number
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Takuu
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NP.KIU.2
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Kiu
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Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd).
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Tuamotu
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NP.KIU.2
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Kiu
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Two hundred, two million
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East Uvea
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PN.KIU.3
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Kivi
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Nom de poisson (Lutjanus bohar); espèce d'igname
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.KIU.3
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Kivi
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Tapering, diminishing in size; gradually disappearing in the distance
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Tikopia
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PN.KIU.3
|
Kiu
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Tapering, narrowed (said of a fish whose tail narrows to the rear) ; grimace, screw up the face
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Tuvalu
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva
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Superincise, circumcise
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East Futuna
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva
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Flake/splinter of glass/stone. Bout de verre, tesson.
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East Uvea
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva
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Morceau pointu, fragment aigu
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New Zealand Maori
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SO.KIVA
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Ki/kiwa/
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Scintillate
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva, kive
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Former old word for adze
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Rennellese
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SO.KIVA
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Kiba
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Knife, sharp stick; goat or cow horn, sword
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Marquesas
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PN.KIWA.1
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Keʔaa kiva
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A blue-green stone
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Niue
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PN.KIWA.1
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Kiva
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Dirty. Dirt-coloured, dusky (McE).
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Luangiua
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PN.KIWA.1
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(ʔ)Iva
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Shine. Bright.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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PN.KIWA.1
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Kiva
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Blue space (e.g. sky)
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Hawaiian
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CE.KIWA.2A
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ʔIwa
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A fern (Asplenium horridum); Frigate-bird (Fregata)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KIWA.2A
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Kiwa/kiwa
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A fern (Blechnum fluviatilis)
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Tuamotu
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CE.KIWA.2A
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Kiva
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Young spiral shoot of kikipa fern
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Hawaiian
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CE.KIWA.2B
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ʔIwa
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Frigate bird
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KIWA.2B
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Te moana-nui-a-kiwa
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Honorific term for the ocean
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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CE.KIWA.2B
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Kiva a Tangaloa
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Young adult males (humans) and poss. fish
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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CE.KIWA.2B
|
Kiva
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Male frigate-bird
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Hawaiian
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
ʔIwi
|
Scarlet Hawaiian Creeper, (Vestiaria coccinea)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kiwi
|
Apteryx
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KIWI.1*
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Tutu/kiwi
|
Snares Island Snipe
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kihi
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Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
Phonologically Irregular
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Marquesas
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NP.KIWI.1*
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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
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NP.KIWI.1*
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Kivi(kivi)
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Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis). Oiseau: courlis d'Alaska (Numernius taitensis).
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Nukuoro
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NP.KIWI.1*
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Givi/givi
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Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
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Luangiua
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NP.KIWI.1*
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ʔIvi
|
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
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Penrhyn
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kivi
|
Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
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Rarotongan
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NP.KIWI.1*
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ʔUru/kivi/
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Feathers marked with grey and white
Problematic
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Takuu
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kivi
|
General term for shore birds and waders that feed on the ground: Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolia), Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
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Tuamotu
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NP.KIWI.1*
|
Kivi
|
Curlew
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Fijian
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PN.KIWI.2
|
Kivi
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Glance to one side
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.KIWI.2
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Giwi
|
Squint v (used only in compounds)
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Emae
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PN.KIWI.2
|
Kivi
|
Blind (person)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KIWI.2
|
Kiwi
|
Apteryx spp., nocturnal bird spp
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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PN.KIWI.2
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Faka/kivi/kivi
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Close the eyes. Keep squinting (Sph).
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Penrhyn
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PN.KIWI.2
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Mata/kivi/kivi
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To turn [face] aside (vi)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KIWI.2
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Khivi
|
Blind (used about eyes and not persons), bad (used about eyes)
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Pukapuka
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PN.KIWI.2
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Mata kivi/kivi
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Disagreeable
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Rennellese
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PN.KIWI.2
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Kibi
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Blind, to be, see imperfectly, blind in one eye
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Samoan
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PN.KIWI.2
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ʔIvi
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Blind in one eye, wink
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.KIWI.2
|
Kivi
|
Grimace, screw up the face
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Tokelau
|
PN.KIWI.2
|
Kivi
|
Blind (in one eye)
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