| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Fijian
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Leka/leka
|
Short
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Le/leka
|
Small [Fila (Ifira) Dialect]
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Kela/kela, ke/keela
|
Small
Borrowed
|
|
Nukuoro
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Lega/lega
|
Smallness
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Leka
|
Dwarf, small legendary people said to be living in the bush
|
|
Rennellese
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Leka
|
Small portion, to be small
|
|
Samoan
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
-leʔa
|
Dwarf (in compounds only)
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.LEKA.2
|
Leka
|
Undersized, dwarf
|
|
Luangiua
|
SO.LEKA.3
|
Leʔa
|
Belch
|
|
Sikaiana
|
SO.LEKA.3
|
Leka/leka
|
Regurgitated food
|
|
West Futuna
|
SO.LEKA.3
|
Reka
|
To belch
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Dreke
|
Hollow or cavity of a thing
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Leke
|
Big cowrie shell
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Reke
|
End of a net
|
|
Rennellese
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Geke
|
Bend, bending
Problematic
|
|
Rotuman
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Reke
|
The pocket of a seine net
Borrowed
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Leke
|
Small room or recess
|
|
Waya
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Dreke
|
Hold of a boat
|
|
Easter Island
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke
|
Spur, talon, claw, heel. Heel, heel-piece.
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke
|
Knob, poll of an adze, tongue end of a taiaha; pin used to fasten hair in a top-knot; fish-hook
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke/reke
|
Heel
|
|
Moriori
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke/reke
|
Heel
|
|
Mangareva
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke
|
Talon; bout large d'une auge, d'un pétrin; extrémité d'un hamecon ou l'on attache la ficelle. The large end of a kneading-trough; the end of a fish-hook that is attached to the line (Tgr).
|
|
Penrhyn
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke
|
Shank knob of fishhook
|
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Leke
|
Shank knob of fishhook
|
|
Rotuman
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Leke
|
On tip-toe
Problematic
|
|
Tokelau
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Leke
|
Eye of a fish-hook
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.LEKE.2
|
Reke
|
Heel; to hook with a gaff
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Manu-de/legia/
|
White-capped Noddy Tern (Anous minutus)
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Legia
|
(Anous minutus)
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Leʔiʔa
|
A black seabird (Anous tenuirostris)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Leia
|
Black Noddy (Anous minutus). Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) (Hbn).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Lekia
|
(Anous tenuirostris)
|
|
Fijian
|
CP.LEKILEKI
|
Leqileqi
|
Puzzlenut tree
|
|
Rotuman
|
CP.LEKILEKI
|
Lekileki
|
Puzzlenut tree
Problematic
|
|
Samoan
|
CP.LEKILEKI
|
Leʔileʔi
|
A tree, puzzlenut (Xylocarpus moluccensis)
|
|
Tongan
|
CP.LEKILEKI
|
Lekileki
|
Puzzlenut tree (Xylocarpus granatum)
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
To travel quickly - to run, to fly; also of a ship or canoe racing over the water
|
|
Easter Island
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly, run, leap, jump
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
Fly, run quickly
|
|
East Uvea
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
Fly, run
|
|
Fijian
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
Ferry over a short distance
|
|
Fijian
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Afraid
|
|
Hawaiian
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
Fly, jump, run v
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
Run, drive, ride
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly (v), run, go fast
|
|
Emae
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly, jump, run v
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly
|
|
Moriori
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Run, move swiftly, rush, dash; assault; escape; (canoe) set out
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