| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
|
CE.RUHIA
|
Ruuhia
|
Large shark sp.
|
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Rarotongan
|
CE.RUHIA
|
Ruʔi
|
Large sp. of fish
Problematic
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Ligau
|
Stalk of the taro plant (edible in the Colocasia varieties); prepared food: taro stalk with coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves and cooked in the ground oven
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Rikau
|
Native cabbage, a spinach-like plant
|
|
Niue
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Luku
|
A fern (Asplenium nidus); the young leaves are used as a vegetable
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Ruukau
|
Edible tops of taro plant
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Luʔau
|
Young taro leaves
|
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West Uvea
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
U/lukau
|
Plante; chou canaque, (Hibiscus manihot) ... dont on mange les feuilles en épinards
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.LUU-KAU.*
|
Rukau. Tu/rukau (Cpl).
|
Native cabbage
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.LUKI
|
Luʔi
|
Defy, challenge
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.LUKI
|
Luki
|
Challenge
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.LUKI
|
Luki
|
Challenge, boast, defy
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.RUKI
|
Ruʔi
|
Nuit (peu usité)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Lu/luku/
|
Assemble (of11people); gather, collect
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Luku
|
Hold several things in hand at once
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Ruku
|
Gather together
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Ru/ruku/
|
Draw together with cord, etc
|
|
Pukapuka
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Lu/luku
|
To cup the hands
|
|
Rennellese
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Gu/guku/
|
Gather together
|
|
Samoan
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Lu/luʔu/
|
Carry in hand , take up handful
|
|
Tahitian
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Ru/ruʔu/
|
Lier
|
|
Tokelau
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Lu/luku/
|
Grasp things collectively in hands or arms
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.LUKU.A
|
Luku/luku
|
Gather up/draw together (Garment) so as to look untidy
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Lu/luku
|
Carry in the arms, as a baby
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Lu(lu)ku
|
Prendre entre ses bras, embrasser
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Luku(luku)
|
To carry in the arms [ex. child].
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Ruku/ruku
|
To bear in the arms
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Luuku/tanga
|
What one holds in one's arms or hands
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.LUKU.B
|
Lu/luku, luku/na
|
Prendre (qn/qc) dans les bras
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Sumergirse, zambullida; pescar debajo del agua
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.RUKU
|
Luʔu
|
Dive, plunge into water, immerse, duck, dip (as shrimp net)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Sink, dive, submerge
|
|
Moriori
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku tuupo
|
Dive
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.RUKU
|
ʔUku (MQN), ʔuʔu (MQS). Uku (Dln).
|
Plonger. Plongé (Dln).
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Plonger dans la mer, se jeter tête première; se coucher (astre); se courber pour éviter un coup; eau qui entre en terre
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Dive for
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.RUKU
|
Luku
|
Dive down; pl. luuluku
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Dive under water
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruu
|
A mode of fishing
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.RUKU
|
Ruku
|
Submerge oneself, disappear under water; dive deeply (as for shell)
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.LELU
|
Reru
|
Tonsil
Problematic
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.LELU
|
Lule
|
Shake like a jelly
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.LELU
|
Rure
|
Shake something, brandish, dash upon, maltreat
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.LELU
|
Rure
|
A rough instrument of music
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LULU.1A
|
Ruru
|
Owl, morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LULU.1A
|
Ruru-wheekau
|
Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies)
|
|
Samoan
|
EO.LULU.1A
|
Lulu
|
Tyto sp., White Barn Owl (Stria delicatula)
|
|
Tikopia
|
EO.LULU.1A
|
Ruru
|
Barn owl (Tyto alba) and perhaps Osprey
|
|
West Uvea
|
EO.LULU.1A
|
Lulu
|
Oiseau: chouette (Tyto alba)
|
|
Aitutaki
|
??.LULU.1B
|
Ruru
|
Albatross, say some, White Heron say others (Gill 1876, p.149)
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