| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Uvea
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CP.AO.1
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Ao(fia)
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Ramasser en une poignée, dans le creux de la main ou dans les deux mains jointes
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Tuvalu
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NP.AO.2
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Ao
|
Liquidless coconut
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Kapingamarangi
|
NP.AO.2
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Aa
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Coconut with less meat than expected
|
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Nukumanu
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NP.AO.2
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Aa-moko
|
Long, deformed nut.
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Nukumanu
|
NP.AO.2
|
Ao
|
Deformed coconut
|
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Nukuoro
|
NP.AO.2
|
Ao/a
|
Misshapen fruit.
|
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Penrhyn
|
NP.AO.2
|
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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Sikaiana
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NP.AO.2
|
Ao
|
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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Tahitian
|
NP.AO.2
|
O/ao
|
A cocoanut that has no water or kernel
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.AO.2
|
O/ao/ao
|
An old empty cocoanut
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Takuu
|
NP.AO.2
|
Aa/moko
|
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
|
NP.AO.2
|
Ao
|
Grossly malformed coconut with no juice or meat
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Pukapuka
|
PN.AO.3
|
Ao
|
Lashing used to tighten other lashings
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Rennellese
|
PN.AO.3
|
Ao
|
Tie or bind tightly, as hair
|
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Takuu
|
PN.AO.3
|
Ao
|
Wind around (in tying certain type of knot); grasp in an embrace
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Tongan
|
PN.AO.3
|
Ao
|
A turban, especially one worn in war for protection, or by a champion as a symbol of his chamionship
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New Zealand Maori
|
EP.AO.4
|
Ao
|
The world (as opposed to the underworld)
|
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Penrhyn
|
EP.AO.4
|
Ao
|
The world
|
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Tahitian
|
EP.AO.4
|
Te ao nei
|
The present world, the present state of existence
|
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Tahitian
|
EP.AO.4
|
Te ao nei
|
Le monde ici-bas
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'Are'are
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Raro
|
Cloud, sky, heaven
|
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Moriori
|
OC.QAO.1
|
He ao
|
Cloud
|
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Marquesas
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao
|
Nuage
|
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Niue
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao/lagi
|
Cloud (extensive cloud cover)
|
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Penrhyn
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Oo
|
Cloud, white cloud
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Melu/ao
|
Cloud [Vaeakau Dialect]
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Te/au
|
Cloud, mist
|
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Sa'a
|
OC.QAO.1
|
S/alo/
|
Sky, heaven, clouds
|
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Tahitian
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao
|
Bright clouds of the sky. Nuage, nuée (Jsn).
|
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Tikopia
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao
|
Cloud generally, but especially cumulus
|
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Tuamotu
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao
|
Gleaming cloud (Obs.)
|
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West Uvea
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Ao
|
Nuages
|
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Easter Island
|
NP.QAO.2
|
ʔAo
|
Authority, kingdom, domain. To rule, govern (Wbr).
|
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Mangareva
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Pouvoir, autorité, règne, période
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Heir to a position
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Authority, domain e.g. Ao-laa-koo :abode of gods; ao kee (from old chants)
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Rarotongan
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Kingdom, happy, happiness
|
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Rennellese
|
NP.QAO.2
|
ʔAo
|
Power and strength of the gods; to have divine power
|
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Samoan
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Head (chiefly); title of importance throughout Samoa (Mnr); to have peace (Prt)
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Heaven, blessedness, happiness; the state of the blessed; the good reign of a prince
|
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Tokelau
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao
|
Head (of state, church etc.)
|
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Tokelau
|
NP.QAO.2
|
Ao/ao
|
Supremacy; whole, totality
|
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Nukuoro
|
NP.QAO.3
|
Ao
|
Sufficient
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.QAO.3
|
Kaae mea e /ao/ ai
|
There is nothing to be done about it
|
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Rotuman
|
NP.QAO.3
|
ʔAo
|
To be of use
Borrowed
|
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Samoan
|
NP.QAO.3
|
Ao
|
Excellent, perfect, as a house, boat etc.
|
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Samoan
|
NP.QAO.3
|
Ao
|
It is essential to, one must
|
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Tokelau
|
NP.QAO.3
|
Ao
|
Be good, successful at catching or gathering foodstuffs
|
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Tahitian
|
CE.AOA
|
ʔAoa
|
Aboiement; aboyer [glottal unexplained]
|
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Tuamotu
|
CE.AOA
|
Aoa
|
To emit a single howl
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