| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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NP.AO.2
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Aao/a
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Undergrown and malformed coconut fruit that has no inner shell and contains neither flesh nor water
Problematic
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Rennellese
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NP.AO.2
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Ao
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Ivory Nut; narrow.
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Sikaiana
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NP.AO.2
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Ao
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A fruit with no flesh inside. A green coconut that does not have any water inside; (fig.) a child that does not grow very well (Dnr).
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Takuu
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NP.AO.2
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Aa/moko
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Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside; [of coconut] deformed with no meat or water
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Tokelau
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NP.AO.2
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Ao
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Grossly malformed coconut with no juice or meat
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Pukapuka
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PN.AO.3
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Ao
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Lashing used to tighten other lashings
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Rennellese
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PN.AO.3
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Ao
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Tie or bind tightly, as hair
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Takuu
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PN.AO.3
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Ao
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Wind around (in tying certain type of knot); grasp in an embrace
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Tongan
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PN.AO.3
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Ao
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A turban, especially one worn in war for protection, or by a champion as a symbol of his chamionship
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Tongan
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PN.AO.3
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Aoao
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To bind round and round
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Tahitian
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EP.AO.4
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Te ao nei
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The present world, the present state of existence
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Tahitian
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EP.AO.4
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Te ao nei
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Le monde ici-bas
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Mangareva
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao
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Cloud, mist
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Niue
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao/lagi
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Cloud (extensive cloud cover)
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Penrhyn
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OC.QAO.1
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Oo
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Cloud, white cloud
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.QAO.1
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Te/au
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Cloud, mist
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Tahitian
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao
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Bright clouds of the sky. Nuage, nuée (Jsn).
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Tikopia
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao
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Cloud generally, but especially cumulus
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Tuamotu
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao
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Gleaming cloud (Obs.)
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Easter Island
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NP.QAO.2
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ʔAo
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Authority, kingdom, domain. To rule, govern (Wbr).
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Mangareva
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Pouvoir, autorité, règne, période
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Pukapuka
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Heir to a position
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Pukapuka
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Authority, domain e.g. Ao-laa-koo :abode of gods; ao kee (from old chants)
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Rarotongan
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Kingdom, happy, happiness
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Rennellese
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NP.QAO.2
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ʔAo
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Power and strength of the gods; to have divine power
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Samoan
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Head (chiefly); title of importance throughout Samoa (Mnr); to have peace (Prt)
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Tahitian
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao
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Heaven, blessedness, happiness; the state of the blessed; the good reign of a prince
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Tokelau
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NP.QAO.2
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Ao/ao
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Supremacy; whole, totality
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.QAO.3
|
Ao
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Right, fitting
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Nukuoro
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NP.QAO.3
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Ao
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Sufficient
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Pukapuka
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NP.QAO.3
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Kaae mea e /ao/ ai
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There is nothing to be done about it
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Samoan
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NP.QAO.3
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Ao
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It is essential to, one must
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Tokelau
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NP.QAO.3
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Ao
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Be good, successful at catching or gathering foodstuffs
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Tahitian
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CE.AOA
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ʔAoa
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Aboiement; aboyer [glottal unexplained]
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Tuamotu
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CE.AOA
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Aoa
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To emit a single howl
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Tuamotu
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CE.AOA
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ʔAo
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An onomatopoetic imitation of the bark of a dog (borrowed from TAH)
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Hawaiian
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OC.QAOA
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Ao/aoa/
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Small seaside shrub, (Wikstroemia sp.)
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Marquesas
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OC.QAOA
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Aoʔa. Aoa (Lch).
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Baobas, figuier des bananiens, (Ficus indica)
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Nukuoro
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OC.QAOA
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Aoa
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Ficus prolixa, banyan
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Rarotongan
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OC.QAOA
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Aoa
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Banyan tree (Ficus prolicxa) on outer islands
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Rarotongan
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OC.QAOA
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Ava
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Pacific Banyan (Ficus prolixa)
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.QAOA
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(ʔ)Aoa
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Banyan tree (Ficus umbilicata)
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Rennellese
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OC.QAOA
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ʔAoa
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Banyan-like tree, (Ficus benjamini) [l.]
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Tahitian
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OC.QAOA
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Aoa
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Banyan (Ficus prolixa). The name of a tree, called also ora and ore, and of the bark of which cloth is made... (Dvs)
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Tikopia
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OC.QAOA
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Aoa
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Banyan tree (Ficus sp.)
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West Futuna
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OC.QAOA
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Oa
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Banyan-like tree. The banyan (Cpl).
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East Futuna
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FJ.QAOGA
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ʔAoga
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Importance, use, value; useful
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Niue
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FJ.QAOGA
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Aoga
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Useful, worthy, suitable
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Rennellese
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FJ.QAOGA
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ʔAoga
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To be enough, useful, satisfactory, valuable, worthwhile, suitable, proper; to be able, have permission; should, ought, may, need; to fit, as clothes
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Tongan
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FJ.QAOGA
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ʔAonga
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Useful, of practical value
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