| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
|
SO.NEKE.1B
|
Neʔe
|
To bear up, to lift up (as a boat lifted by water)
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Tikopia
|
SO.NEKE.1B
|
Neke
|
To rise up, swell, as a wave
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.NENE
|
Nene
|
Delicious, exquisite, succulent. Sweet (Wbr).
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.NENE
|
Ma/nene/
|
Tickle (Intrans.)
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|
Hawaiian
|
PN.NENE
|
Nene
|
Stir, show animation
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.NENE
|
Ma/nee
|
To desire physically a member of opposite sex, sexual desire
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.NENE
|
Whaka/nene/
|
Cause pleasant sensation
|
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Marquesas
|
PN.NENE
|
Nene
|
Chatouiller, exciter Tickle, excite; breast (Bgs).
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.NENE
|
Nenge
|
Tickle
|
|
Rotuman
|
PN.NENE
|
Nene
|
Shudder, shiver, quiver
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.NENE
|
Ne/nene/
|
Agreeable, sweet, fragrant, as the pine-apple, vi, &c.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Penrhyn
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neeneva
|
Silly, stupid, idiot, fool
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neeneva
|
Absent-minded, dazed, frenzied ; crazy, silly
|
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Rarotongan
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neeneva
|
Foolish, stupid, insane; idiot, fool; insanity, insanely
|
|
Rennellese
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neneba
|
Be senile
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neneva
|
Etourderie; étourdi, niais
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.NEWA.B
|
Neneva
|
Asinine, mad, crazy, senseless
|
|
Niue
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva
|
To wander aimlessly; to go for a leisurely walk
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva/neva
|
Wander aimlessly as an idiot
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Mata /neva/neva
|
Distraught
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva
|
Saunter, stroll ; wander about having nowhere to go
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva/neva
|
Instable, inconstant. Wild, unsteady; wandering, applied to the eye (Dvs).
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva
|
Hover; (walk) unsteadily
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Faka/neva/neva
|
At leisure, spiritless, unemployed
|
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Anuta
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry on back with straps
|
|
Emae
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve/a
|
Carry on back with straps
|
|
Sikaiana
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
String used for tying basket around the back; to tie basket around the back
|
|
Tikopia
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry burden on back with straps
|
|
West Futuna
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve/a
|
To carry on one's back, to carry in a back-pack
|
|
West Uvea
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve-a
|
Corde à fardeau; porter sur les reins [Heo Dialect]; porter sur le dos avec un lien d'attache [Muli Dialect]
|
|
Samoan
|
MQ.NEWENEWE
|
Nevenene
|
Mons veneris
Problematic
|
|
Tuvalu
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Luangiua
|
EC.NI.1
|
ŋi(i)
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Sikaiana
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Takuu
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Tense-aspect marker
|
|
West Futuna
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni-
|
Past, simple, completed action
Problematic
|
|
Anuta
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Indefinite article plural: some
|
|
Tuvalu
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
|
|
East Futuna
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Article pluriel indéfini
|
|
East Uvea
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
|
|
Emae
|
SO.NI.2
|
Gi
|
Article (plural or indefinite mass)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Luangiua
|
SO.NI.2
|
ŋii
|
Indefinite article plural
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Some, article (plural non-specific)
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Nghi, ng(h)ei
|
Some, article (plural non-specific, human)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Na/ngi
|
Some, article (plural non-specific) (obs.)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Particle denoting a part of the whole, some, any
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Some (paucal)
|
|
Samoan
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural form of indefinite article se
|
|
Tikopia
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Part. indefinite pl., some, any
|
|
Tokelau
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
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