| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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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
|
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
|
Disaster, misfortune
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Niue
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala(ki)efi
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To have none, to have nothing
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Rennellese
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PN.MALA.3
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Haka/maga
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Cause unpleasantness
Problematic
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Rotuman
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PN.MALA.3
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Mara
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Suffer misfortune
Borrowed
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Tikopia
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mara
|
Infertility, barrenness, lack of prosperity
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Tokelau
|
PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
|
Disaster; epidemic
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Tongan
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PN.MALA.3
|
Mala
|
Misfortune
|
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Tahitian
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PN.MALA.4
|
Mara
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Poisson Napoléon, famille des Labridae (Cheilinus undulatus)
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Takuu
|
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
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Madra/i
|
Fermented breadfruit
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New Zealand Maori
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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
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Mara
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Fermented breadfruit, taro or banana
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Marquesas
|
OC.MARA
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Maʔa
|
Rotten
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Mota
|
OC.MARA
|
Mala/s
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To go sour; food not eaten the day it is cooked
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Nggela
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OC.MARA
|
Manda
|
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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Mata
|
Wet
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rotuman
|
OC.MARA
|
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
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OC.MARA
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Mara
|
Variety of pudding
Problematic
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Easter Island
|
OC.MAQALA
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Maʔara
|
Flat part of seashore
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East Futuna
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maaʔala/ʔala
|
Cleared land
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East Uvea
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maala
|
Garden
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East Uvea
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maʔala/ʔala
|
Déblayé, défriché, nettoyé
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Hawaiian
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maala
|
Garden
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maara
|
Garden
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maara
|
Garden
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Niue
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maala
|
Plantation, bush garden
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Mala
|
Garden, plantation
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Rennellese
|
OC.MAQALA
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Maʔaga
|
Fallow garden
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Samoan
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maala
|
A new plantation
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Tikopia
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maaraa
|
Major cultivation area for food crops
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Anuta
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
Open ceremonial area
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Easter Island
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Maraʔe-. Marae- (Fts).
|
In traditional placenames *Mara'e-renga* and *Mara'e-tohia*, associated with *Hotu-matu'a*.
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Tuvalu
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Malae
|
Dance ground
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East Futuna
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Malaʔe
|
Public place in front of houses , meeting-place
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East Uvea
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Malaʔe
|
Meeting ground
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Kapingamarangi
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
Open, cleared space
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Malae
|
Sacred area
|
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Emae
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
Public square
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
Enclosed space before house, courtyard
|
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Ifira-Mele
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OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
Dancing place, open space in centre of village
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Marquesas
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Meʔae
|
Terrasse, lieu sacré ou tapu (Lch). Temple ancien (Atl). Lieu sacré (lucus) (Dln 1904).
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Marquesas
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OC.MALAQE
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Màrí
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A depository of dead bodies and principal place of worship
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