| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAATUQU
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Raatuu
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Set out on night voyage
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West Futuna
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PN.LAATUQU
|
Ratupo
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Midnight
Problematic
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Fijian
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AN.LAU.1A
|
Drau
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A leaf of a tree; a hair of the head
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Kapingamarangi
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AN.LAU.1A
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Lau, lou
|
Leaf; long hair on temples
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Marquesas
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AN.LAU.1A
|
ʔAu, ʔou. ʔAu (Atl).
|
Leaf. Feuille d'arbre (Lch).
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Mangareva
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AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau
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Leaf. Feuilles des arbres, des arbrisseaux, des herbes
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Nuguria
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AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau
|
Leaf, foliage
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Rennellese
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Gau
|
Leaf, bark, as of hibiscus
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Rennellese
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Gau
|
Counting classifier for tens of mats
Problematic
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Samoan
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Lau-
|
Noun classifier, large fish
Problematic
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Tahitian
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AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau
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Feuille, ne s'emploie que pour certaines plantes à grandes feuilles
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Takuu
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Lau-
|
Single leaf, flower petal (plural rau 'leaves')
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West Uvea
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Lau
|
Feuille
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Waya
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau
|
Leaf; a hair, hairs of the head...
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East Futuna
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Dire, désigner; raconter; lire; compte; chant
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Emae
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau/lau/a
|
To praise
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Chorus (sung when dragging weights, etc.)
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Pukapuka
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau mako
|
Sound of chanting
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Pukapuka
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
La/lau
|
Fishing chant
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Rennellese
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Gau
|
Curse mentioning a close relative
|
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Rotuman
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Rau
|
Enumerate, mention one by one, read, recite
Borrowed
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Samoan
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Give out song verse by verse. Read out, call out (Mnr).
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Tikopia
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Rau
|
Enumerate, count, tally; run through items on a list; recite titles
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Tongan
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Speak, talk (polite for lea or talanoa); mention, refer to; recite; count, reckon; read
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West Uvea
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Mako /lau/fia
|
Hum (tune) (1860 Balad)
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Rarotongan
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Many (indefinite number)
|
|
Sa'a
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau/i halu
|
Ten thousand (Coconuts)
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Etre varié, être de toutes sortes. Many, indefinitely (Dvs).
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Lau
|
An indefinite number of
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Tuamotu
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Countless, indefinite number, innumerable
|
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Tuvalu
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/efa
|
Wide
|
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Tuvalu
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/liki
|
Narrow (Johnson)
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East Futuna
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/lasi
|
Broad, wide
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East Futuna
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/ʔikiʔiki
|
Etroit
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East Futuna
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/liki
|
Grouiller (gens, animaux)
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East Uvea
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/lahi
|
Largeur
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Hawaiian
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/laa
|
Broad, wide, liberal
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/iti
|
Small, fine, thin
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/nui
|
Broad
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/rarahi
|
Broad, expansive
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/rangi
|
Other time, another day
|
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Niue
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/lahi
|
Wide, broad
|
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Nukuoro
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau
|
The size of something
|
|
Nukuoro
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/malie
|
Big, great
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/efa
|
Wide
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/liliki
|
Very thin
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Laa/nunui
|
Very big (eg. of coconuts
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.LAU.3
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Laa/liliki
|
Very small
|
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Rennellese
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Gau
|
Size, width, to be of a size
|
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Rennellese
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Gau/ʔeha
|
Wide
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