| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuamotu
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PN.MELO
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Mero/mero
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Fish with light, bright reddish skin
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West Futuna
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PN.MELO
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Mero
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To wither
Problematic
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Penrhyn
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PN.ME-MEA
|
Memea
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Gold-striped Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
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Pukapuka
|
PN.ME-MEA
|
Memea
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Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
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Samoan
|
PN.ME-MEA
|
Memea
|
Goatfish sp.
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Tahitian
|
PN.ME-MEA
|
Memeha
|
The name of a fish
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.ME-MEA
|
Memea
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Gold-lined Goatfish (Mulloidichthys auriflamma)
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Tongan
|
PN.ME-MEA
|
Meemea
|
A reef fish
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East Futuna
|
PN.MENE
|
Me/mene/
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Find unattractive, withdraw from
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East Uvea
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PN.MENE
|
Me(me)ne(mene)
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Se rider, se resesserrer, se comprimer
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Shrink back
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Unable to defecate or urinate
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Satiated with food
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Draw together, assemble; draw up cheeks in a grin
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Moriori
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Disappear
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Mangareva
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PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Se ployer (se dit des tranchants qui se ployent au contact d'un corps dur). Turned or blunted (of blade by hard object).
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Nukuoro
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PN.MENE
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Mene/mene
|
Penis
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Luangiua
|
PN.MENE
|
Meŋe
|
Action during intercourse; flat [sc. fat?] bottom - person
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MENE
|
Me/mene
|
Withdraw, retreat from an original location
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Go off by oneself, as into forest
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Rarotongan
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PN.MENE
|
Koo/mene/
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Contract, draw back, shrink
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Rond, sphérique
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
|
PN.MENE
|
Meene
|
Sink, incline downwards
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Shrink back
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
|
Lonely, solitary, silent
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MESA-MESA
|
Mehameha
|
Lonely, solitary, set apart, dedicated, ashamed, abashed
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Tahitian
|
CE.MESA-MESA
|
Mehameha
|
Effrayant, être effrayé, saisi de frayeur
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Tuamotu
|
CE.MESA-MESA
|
Mehameha
|
Fear, dread, be frightened, terrified at anything imminent but invisible
|
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Moriori
|
TA.MESO
|
Meho-nui
|
An extinct bird, larger than a goose and flightless
|
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Moriori
|
TA.MESO
|
Meho-riki
|
An extinct bird, large as a hen and flightless
|
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Tahitian
|
TA.MESO
|
Meho
|
Petit râle d'Océanie (Porzana tabuensis)
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.METO
|
Meto
|
Extinguished, extinct; putrid
|
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Tuamotu
|
TA.METO
|
Meto
|
Destroy, extinguish (as life)
|
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Tuamotu
|
TA.METO
|
Meto/meto
|
Destructive of life; destroying
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East Uvea
|
XW.MIGAO
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Migao
|
Sourire
|
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Samoan
|
XW.MIGAO
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Miga
|
To show respect to . Respect, reverence
|
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Tokelau
|
XW.MIGAO
|
Migao
|
Reverence, respect
|
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Tongan
|
XW.MIGAO
|
Migao
|
Be respectful, modest, mannerly
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Tuvalu
|
PN.MIGI
|
Migi/migi
|
Curly (of hair)
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MIGI
|
Migi/migi
|
Frizzy (of hair)
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.MIGI
|
Migi(Migi)
|
Crepu, etant frise et court
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mingi
|
Curly, twisted (of hair, grain in timber etc.)
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.MIGI
|
Sa/miŋi
|
Wrinkle (n)
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Penrhyn
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mingimingi
|
Wrinkled, curly
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mingi
|
Wrinkle, as skin or surface of cloth
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mimingi
|
Shrunken, wrinkled
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mingi/mingi
|
Frizzy (hair), curly, wrinkle (skin)
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MIGI
|
Mingi
|
Bent, curved, crooked
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MIGI
|
Migi
|
Curl , curly
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MIGI
|
Migi/migi
|
Frizzy , curly
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