| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuamotu
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FJ.LUNA
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Ruunaa
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A plant (Boerhaavia tetrandra)
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Rarotongan
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TA.RUNAGA
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Ruunaaʔia
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Bind, tie up
Problematic
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Mangaia
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PN.LUPE.1
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Rupe
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OId Mangaian and Cook Island word for the large grey dove (now extinct)
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Takuu
|
PN.LUPE.1
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Rupe
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
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Easter Island
|
EP.RUPE-RUPE.
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Ruperupe
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Abundancia de frutos de la tierra; aumentar el número de descendientes
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Hawaiian
|
EP.RUPE-RUPE.
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Lupalupa
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Flourishing, of luxuriant growth, lush, thriving
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Rarotongan
|
EP.RUPE-RUPE.
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Ruperupe
|
Flourishing, luxuriant (of vegetation)
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Tuamotu
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EP.RUPE-RUPE.
|
Ruperupe
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Luxuriant, growing vigorously, as vegetation
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Mangareva
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EP.MAA.4
|
Ma/tu
|
Let us go (especially said by one who proposes following others gone before)
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Fijian
|
AN.MAA.5A
|
Ma/ru
|
Nadi dialect
|
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Hawaiian
|
NP.MAA.6
|
Ma
|
Particle following names of persons; and company, and others, and wife, and associates
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East Uvea
|
PN.MAE.1B
|
Mae
|
Se gâter (poisson, viande)
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Anuta
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PN.MAEA.1
|
Maea
|
Heavy rope of either European cordage or made from bark of the *pau* tree [Hibiscus tiliaceus]
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MAEA.1
|
Moea
|
Very thick rope, especially as used for hauling whales (obs)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAEA.1
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Maia
|
Rope, string, band
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Rarotongan
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NP.MAAFA
|
Maʔa
|
Satisfied or satiated, appeased . Satisfied (Bib.)
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Rotuman
|
PN.MAFATUA
|
Heʔjia
|
To sneeze
Problematic
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Tuvalu
|
PN.MA-FELA
|
Mafela
|
Be open (of eyes, boils, labia)
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Easter Island
|
PN.MAFI
|
Mahi
|
Insistir (con porfia)
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Penrhyn
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PN.MA-FOLA
|
Maahora
|
Sandy or rocky beach with no vegetation, especially with no coconut trees
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Tahitian
|
CP.MAQAFU.2
|
Mahu/inia
|
The northernmost of the Magellanic clouds
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MAA-GALO.1
|
Maaŋaro
|
Lightly/partially covered over, invisible
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
|
Mangamangaia/tua
|
A race of spirits or ghosts
Problematic
|
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Mangaia
|
PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
|
Maʔamaʔatai
|
Big Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) and others
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.MAGEHO.A
|
Maeo/eo
|
Insatiated desire; a constant longing after some kind of food
|
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Takuu
|
PN.MAGEHO.A
|
Maneo
|
Itch or sting due to an insect bite, coral or jellyfish sting, irritating plant material...; sexual excitement
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MAGEHO.B
|
Maageo
|
Arbuste à feuilles urticantes (Dendrocnide latifolia)
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Marquesas
|
PN.MAAGELE.1
|
Makeʔe (MQN), maneʔe (MQS)
|
(Alphitonia marquesensis)
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Fijian
|
FJ.MAGITI
|
Magiti
|
Food, especially vegetable food
|
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Mangareva
|
TA.MAGOO-ROA
|
Mogoroa, magaroa/iata
|
Voie lactée
Phonologically Irregular
|
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East Futuna
|
OC.MAHU.A
|
Mau
|
Have abundance of (especially vegetable) food
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New Zealand Maori
|
EP.MAIKA
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Ika/ika
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(Orthoceras strictum) a terrestrial orchid
Problematic
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.MA-IKI
|
Maiki/a
|
Troubled, worried, to be, especially about welfare of others
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Tuvalu
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Tree sp. (Phymatodes scolopendria)
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East Futuna
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Scented vine (Alyxia bracterlosa)
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East Uvea
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile. Malie
|
Shrub (Alyxia sp.). Alyxia stellata
|
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Twining shrub, (Alyxia olivaeformis)
|
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Marquesas
|
PN.MAILE
|
Meiʔe. Meie, mehe (Lch).
|
A shrub (Alyxia sp.). Arbuste aux fleurs odoriférantes, de la famille des apocynacées (Lch).
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Niue
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Shrub sp. (Alyxia stellata) fragrant leaves used for making lei and scenting oil
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Plant sp., (Polypodium scolopendria)
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Plant sp. (Polypodium scolopendria) (Bge.)
|
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Rapa
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maire
|
(Alyxia sp.)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maire
|
General name for ferns, but most commonly applied to (Phymatosorus scolopendria), an indigenous terrestrial or epiphytic fern
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maire
|
A shrub (Oldenlandia foetida); a fern (Polypodium scolopendria); a shrub (Alyxia stellata)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maire-raakau
|
A shrub (Alyxia stellata)
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maige
|
(Alyxia acuminata), a fragrant vine
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MAILE
|
Lau/maile/
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(Alyxia spp.)
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maire
|
Fougère odorante qui sert à l'ornementation (Polypodium pustulatum); et aussi Alyxia stellata, recherché pour le "mono`i"
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Fern sp. (Polypodium scolopendria)
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAILE
|
Lau/maile/
|
A fern (Phymatosorus scolopendria)
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