| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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PN.KAU.2A
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Kau
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Bunch, cluster
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Easter Island
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PN.KAU.2A
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Kau/atu
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Ten
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Fijian
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PN.KAU.2A
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I kau
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Bunch (of bananas)
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Emae
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PN.KAU.2A
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Kau
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Bundle
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2A
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ʔAu-
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Prefix used esp. with bases referring to sets or clusters of things (clouds, waves, arrose, bananas, etc.)
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAU.2A
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Kau
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All
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.2A
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Kau
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Bunch (of plantains or bananas)
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Easter Island
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Move (of many people); increase, be multiplied
Problematic
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Be a member of a group, team, crew
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Collective prefix
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East Uvea
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Signe de pluriel, a le sens de reunion, societe
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu
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Group (in /qau/ waka, /qau/ moku)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.KAU.2B
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Gau
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Grouping of people, category of people
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Multitude, company
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Marquesas
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu/ʔeenana
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Many people
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Niue
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Troop, company, gang; to team up, act in an organized way
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Nukuoro
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PN.KAU.2B
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Gau
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Grouping of people
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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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Rotuman
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Company, band
Borrowed
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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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Tuvalu
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Stick
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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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Ifira-Mele
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Croton bush
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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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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Nukuoro
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AN.KAU.3
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Gau/ dagodo
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Boom of sail
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Nukuoro
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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A yard-arm
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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
|
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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Easter Island
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Tallo, vástago
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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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