| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Waya
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau
|
Leaf; a hair, hairs of the head...
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Tuvalu
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PN.LAU.2A
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Lau
|
Count; a tune
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East Futuna
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PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Dire, désigner; raconter; lire; compte; chant
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East Uvea
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PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Compter, calculer
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Emae
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PN.LAU.2A
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Faka/rau/a
|
Tell (a story)
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Emae
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau/lau/a
|
To praise
Phonologically Irregular
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Emae
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Faka/rau muna
|
Talk, converse
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Niue
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Lau
|
Chorus (sung when dragging weights, etc.)
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Rennellese
|
PN.LAU.2A
|
Gau
|
Curse mentioning a close relative
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Rotuman
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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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Hawaiian
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PN.LAU.2B
|
Lau
|
Many, numerous, four hundred
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Very large number
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
A large number
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Many (indefinite number)
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Rotuman
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau/rau
|
Countless
Borrowed
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Sa'a
|
PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau/i halu
|
Ten thousand (Coconuts)
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Tahitian
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PN.LAU.2B
|
Rau
|
Etre varié, être de toutes sortes. Many, indefinitely (Dvs).
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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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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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Hawaiian
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/papa
|
Broad, flat (of coral, lava, reef)
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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/raha
|
Spread out
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/rarahi
|
Broad, expansive
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
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Rau/rangi
|
Other time, another day
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/roha
|
Spread about, scattered, extended (of the arms)
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Niue
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/lahi
|
Wide, broad
|
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Niue
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/tote
|
Narrow
|
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Nukuoro
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau
|
The size of something
|
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Nukuoro
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/malie
|
Big, great
|
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Nukuoro
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/dodole
|
Smallness
|
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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
|
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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Sa'a
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/wanga
|
The firmament, open space of heaven (S) (Ivens 1918)
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Samoan
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau
|
Breadth
|
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Samoan
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Lau/tele
|
Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.)
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Tikopia
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau
|
Breadth, extent, expanse
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