| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Ifira-Mele
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MP.PONO.1
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Pon/jia
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Block up, close (door)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PONO.2
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Whakapono-hia
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Believe; christianity
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Penrhyn
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AN.POO-POO.A
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Poopoo-hia
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To knead
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Samoan
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CE.POHE
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Pose
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To die (used jocularly). From Tahitian
Borrowed
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.POTI.2
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Poti/poti
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Sandhopper (Talorchestia quoyana), a small crustacean; a large moth
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Tahitian
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EP.POTI.2
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Po/poti
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Cancrelat ou ravet (Periplaneta americana); crustacé de petite taille (Hippa sp.). The general name for the beetle kind...esp. Indian cockroach (Dvs).
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Rennellese
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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Piece, portion, fraction, section, end, room; nearby corner or end, as of a village; people of the village end or nearby village; to become related through marriage to a spouse's relatives
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Samoan
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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The siapo screen from behind which an aitu spoke; the white border of siapo; a room (introduced from Tongan)
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Moriori
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PN.PUU.2
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Pu hhiamama
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Hollow (of tree)
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Niue
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PN.PUU.2
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Puu
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Hole (small holes, and concepts such as 'vacant, empty' associated with it); to have a hole, be perforated, punctured
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Samoan
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PN.PUU.2
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Pu
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A hole. Vagina (colloquial) (McP).
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East Futuna
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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(Fagraea berteriana)
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East Uvea
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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(Fagraea bertheriana (sic)
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Fijian
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Bua
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(Fagraea berteriana)
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Ifira-Mele
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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Wild Coconut Palm, perhaps (Veitchia sp.)
Problematic
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Niue
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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Tree sp. (Fagraea berteriana)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Puo
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Alexandrian laurel tree [Calophyllum?]
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Rennellese
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua ʔatua
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(Fagraea berteriana)
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Rotuman
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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(Plumeria acutifolia)
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Samoan
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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Gardenia sp; (Gardenia taitensis), but now refers to other spp. with showy flowers (Whr)
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Tahitian
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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Arbre aux fleurs très odorantes (Fagraea berteriana)
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Tongan
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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(Fagraea berteriana) and (Plumeria sp.)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PUAGA
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Puuanga/rua
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Rigel in Orion whose heliacal rising in June marked the start of the year (Stowell)
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.PUA-PUA.1
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Puapua
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Female genitalia
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Hawaiian
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CK.PUUFAA
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Puuhaa
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A brown seaweed (Colpomenia sinuosa). Not eaten
Problematic
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Rotuman
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PN.PUGA.2A
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Puga
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Abscess (especially between legs or under arm)
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Hawaiian
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FJ.PUQI
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Pui/ia
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Sweet-smelling
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Anuta
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RO.PUKA
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Puko pakatangia
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A kind of tree with fairly soft and very light wood, from which model canoes and outrigger floats are made (Hernandia peltata)
Problematic
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Tuvalu
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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A tree (Pisonia grandis)
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East Futuna
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Hernandia peltata)
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East Uvea
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RO.PUKA
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Puko
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A tree (Hernandia peltata)
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Fijian
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RO.PUKA
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Buka ni vuda
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Tree sp. (Guioa rhoifolia) (Cupania roifolia) (Hkt)
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Kapingamarangi
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RO.PUKA
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Buge
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(Pisonia grandis)
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Emae
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RO.PUKA
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Puka pipiri
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A tree (Pisonia umbellifera) (Clk)
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New Zealand Maori
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Meryta sinclairii), (Eugenia maire)
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Ifira-Mele
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RO.PUKA
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Puka maapulu
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A tree (Pisonia umbellifera)
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Niue
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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Tree sp. (Hernandia ovigera)
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Nukuoro
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RO.PUKA
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Buga
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(Pisonia grandis)
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Luangiua
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RO.PUKA
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Puʔa
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Pisonia grandis
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Penrhyn
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RO.PUKA
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Puka ama
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Sea hearse, Chinese Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaefolia)
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Pukapuka
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbellifera) (Bge); tree sp. (Pisonia grandis)
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Pukapuka
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RO.PUKA
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Puka/ama
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Lantern Tree (Hernandia mymphaeifolia)
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Rapa
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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A tree (Hernandia ovigera)
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Rarotongan
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RO.PUKA
|
Puka
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(Hernandia nymphaeifolia)
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Rarotongan
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RO.PUKA
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Puka/puka
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Coastal tree...(Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbraculifera)
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Rennellese
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Pisonia grandis
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Samoan
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RO.PUKA
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Puʔa
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Large coastal tree (Hernandia sp.); (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (Whr)
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Takuu
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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Tree sp. (Pisonia grandis)
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Tikopia
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Hernandia peltata)
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Tokelau
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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A tree (Hernandia nymphaeifolia)
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