| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.MALA.1
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Mwara
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Kind of tree, probably (Adenanthera pavonina)
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Rennellese
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PN.MALA.1
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Maga/bu
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Large tree sp, Flacourtiaceae (?Caesaria sp.)
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Rennellese
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PN.MALA.1
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Maga/kanae
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Tree sp. (Cordia subcordata)
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Rennellese
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PN.MALA.1
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Maga/ko
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A kind of shrub (Ficus spp.) with edible berries and leaves
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Tahitian
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PN.MALA.1
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Mara
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Arbre dont le bois est dur (Nauclea forsteri, Neonauclea forsteri)
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Tongan
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PN.MALA.1
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Mala/mala-ʔa-toa
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Tree sp., Memecylon harveyi
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Tuamotu
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PN.MALA.1
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Mara
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Tou tree, (Cordia subcordata)
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East Futuna
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PN.MALA.2
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Ma/mala/
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Chip
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East Futuna
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Eclat de bois ou de pierre
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East Uvea
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Eclat de bois
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Fijian
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PN.MALA.2
|
Mala
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Fragment, chip, splinter
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Hawaiian
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PN.MALA.2
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Maa/mala/
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Fragment, chip, splinter
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Fragment, chip, splinter
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Moriori
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Splinter, chip, bit
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Mangareva
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chip or splinter for kindling
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara turi
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Kniescheibe
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Niue
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala (pl. malamala)
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Minute particle, very small piece, fragment, speck. Chip, splinter (McE).
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Nukuoro
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Small bits of things e.g. sawdust
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala. Malaa/mala (Ebt).
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Wasted pieces of wood, sticks left over from cutting wood. Chips (Ebt).
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Pukapuka
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Wood-chips
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Rennellese
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PN.MALA.2
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Maga/maga
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Chips; be chopped to bits
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Samoan
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Wood chip
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Takuu
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Wood cuttings, chips, or sawdust as a residue of carving; ashes of a pipe, cigarette, fire etc.
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Tikopia
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chips, shavings
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Tokelau
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PN.MALA.2
|
Mala/mala
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Wood chip
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Tongan
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PN.MALA.2
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Mala/mala
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Fragment, chip, splinter
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Tuamotu
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara(Mara)
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Chip, splinter, fragment
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West Futuna
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chips in making canoe
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Tuvalu
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
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Disaster, misfortune
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East Futuna
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
|
Disaster, misfortune
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East Uvea
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
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Disaster, misfortune
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Niue
|
PN.MALA.3
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Mala(ki)efi
|
To have none, to have nothing
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Rotuman
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PN.MALA.3
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Mara
|
Suffer misfortune
Borrowed
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Samoan
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
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Calamity
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Tikopia
|
PN.MALA.3
|
Mara
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Infertility, barrenness, lack of prosperity
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Tokelau
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
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Disaster; epidemic
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Tongan
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
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Misfortune
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Tahitian
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PN.MALA.4
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Mara
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Poisson Napoléon, famille des Labridae (Cheilinus undulatus)
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Takuu
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PN.MALA.4
|
Mara
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Black Rock Cod (Epinephelus sp.) caught in the ocean
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Tongan
|
PN.MALA.4
|
Mala
|
A large serranid fish, like tonu
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Fijian
|
OC.MARA
|
Madra/i
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Fermented breadfruit
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New Zealand Maori
|
OC.MARA
|
Mara
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Sea-food fermented in fresh water
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Ifira-Mele
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OC.MARA
|
Mara
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Fermented breadfruit, taro or banana
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Mota
|
OC.MARA
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Mala/s
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To go sour; food not eaten the day it is cooked
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Nggela
|
OC.MARA
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Manda
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Ripe
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Rennellese
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OC.MARA
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Maga/i
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Set aside food before eating (believed to improve the taste
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Rotuman
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OC.MARA
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Mara
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So ripe as to fall off tree (of certain fruit)
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Tongan
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OC.MARA
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Maa
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Kind of ensilage (but for human consumption) usually made from plantains or bananas, in a hole in the earth
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West Futuna
|
OC.MARA
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Mara
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Variety of pudding
Problematic
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East Uvea
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OC.MAQALA
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Maʔala/ʔala
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Déblayé, défriché, nettoyé
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