| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
|
PN.SAMI
|
Hami
|
Kind of savoury made of sea-water and fermented coconut
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Rennellese
|
XO.SAMONO
|
Samono
|
Porpoise.
|
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Takuu
|
XO.SAMONO
|
Samono
|
Porpoise. Constellation: five stars within Ursa Major on the northern horizon outlining a leaping porpoise.
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|
Tikopia
|
XO.SAMONO
|
Samono
|
Cetacean, dark blue, identified as blue whale
|
|
Fijian
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Sabu/sabu
|
Improvident, wasteful
|
|
Mota
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samw/ai
|
Useless remains, refuse
|
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Mangareva
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
ʔAmu
|
Eat leftover food. Prendre de la nourriture avec la bouche sans se servir des mains; manger des restes qui ont été jetés
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samu
|
Gossip, slander
Problematic
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Kai/samu/
|
Eat scraps of food
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Rennellese
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samu
|
Bite seeds and spit out pulp
Problematic
|
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Samoan
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samu
|
Eat scraps
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samu
|
Pick out fastidiously
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.SAMU.1B
|
Samu/koo
|
Eat one food only (fish without vegetable, or vice versa)
|
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Emae
|
PN.SAMU.1B
|
Kai/samu/
|
Eat meat only
|
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West Uvea
|
PN.SAMU.1B
|
Samu
|
Manger une seule nourriture (viande/légumes) [Heo Dialect]; manger sans condiments [Muli Dialect]
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East Futuna
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Faka/samu/
|
Take something without asking
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu/ti
|
Take something by force
|
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Fijian
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu/ta
|
Strike, beat, kill
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu
|
Jerk, yank, snatch; dodge, duck
|
|
Rotuman
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu
|
Behave insolently or abusively
|
|
Rotuman
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samuti
|
Jerk, tug or snatch, suddenly or violently
Problematic
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu/ti
|
To eat (a jocular term)
Problematic
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu-tia
|
Pick out, pluck (fastidiously);
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SAMU-TI.1
|
Samu-jia
|
To land a fish; to catch people
|
|
East Futuna
|
CP.SANA.1
|
Sana
|
Diarrhoea
|
|
Luangiua
|
CP.SANA.1
|
S/saŋa
|
Go to toilet (faeces)
|
|
Rotuman
|
CP.SANA.1
|
Sana
|
Have diarrhoea
|
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Samoan
|
CP.SANA.1
|
Sana
|
Diarrhoea
|
|
Tikopia
|
CP.SANA.1
|
Sana/sana/
|
Turmeric extraction by filtration
Problematic
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.SANA.2
|
Sana
|
Corn (Zea sp.)
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.SANA.2
|
Sana/sana
|
A herb; Job's Tears (Coix sp.)
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.SANA.2
|
Sana
|
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
|
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Fijian
|
OC.SANI.2
|
Sani
|
Remove leaves
|
|
Penrhyn
|
NP.SANI.3
|
Sani
|
Smart
|
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Tikopia
|
NP.SANI.3
|
Sani
|
Bear in mind, remember
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Tuvalu
|
MP.SAO
|
Hao
|
Escape, be safe
|
|
East Futuna
|
MP.SAO
|
Hao
|
Escape, saved, to be
|
|
East Uvea
|
MP.SAO
|
Haao
|
Echapper, se sauver
|
|
Fijian
|
MP.SAO
|
Saa
|
Free, at liberty
|
|
Luangiua
|
MP.SAO
|
Sao
|
Escape
|
|
Rennellese
|
MP.SAO
|
Hao
|
Go through a reef pass, safe, healthy
|
|
Samoan
|
MP.SAO
|
Sao
|
To enter where there was a difficulty, as a canoe in a narrow passage; to escape from danger
|
|
Takuu
|
MP.SAO
|
Sao
|
Fit into or through something, (of clothes) fit; escape, survive; small distance or gap separating two locations
|
|
Tikopia
|
MP.SAO
|
Sao
|
Fit into; run, go off
|
|
West Uvea
|
MP.SAO
|
Sao
|
Changer de direction, dévier sa route; prendre une direction; bifurquer; faire le tour
|
|
Emae
|
OC.SAQO
|
Sao/fia
|
Drive, herd (fish or animals)
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
OC.SAQO
|
Sao/a
|
Scoop up water in a cup
|
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Mota
|
OC.SAQO
|
Sao
|
Take up fish in a net
|
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Rotuman
|
OC.SAQO
|
Sao
|
To grasp and draw the hand along
|
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Samoan
|
OC.SAQO
|
Sao
|
To collect
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