| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.NIMO.1
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Nimo/nimo/ilo
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Clever, intelligent
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
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PN.NIMO.1
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Nimo
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Forget, vanish
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Samoan
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PN.NIMO.1
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Nimo
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Vanish, disappear , out of sight, to be
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Sikaiana
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PN.NIMO.1
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Nimo
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To delay (of people)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.NIMO.1
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Ma/nimo
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Secret, underhand, surreptitious
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Tuamotu
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PN.NIMO.1
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Nim/a
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Hide, conceal, secrete
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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PN.NIMO.2
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Ninimo
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Giddy. An eye disorder (Fbg).
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Tuvalu
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PN.NIMO.2
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Ninimo
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Vertigo, giddy
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East Futuna
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PN.NIMO.2
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Ninimo
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Vertigo
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Luangiua
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PN.NIMO.2
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ŋimo
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Giddiness
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Pukapuka
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PN.NIMO.2
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Taka/nimonimo
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Giddiness
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Rarotongan
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PN.NIMO.2
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Korotaka/nimo/
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Make an encircling movement
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Takuu
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PN.NIMO.2
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N/nimo
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(e.g. of fish swimming) Go round in circles; (of wind, current) go round, change direction; go around in circles, dawdle, delay; eddy
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Tikopia
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PN.NIMO.2
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Nimo
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Clouded, swimming, of vision
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Tokelau
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PN.NIMO.2
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Ninimo
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Move round in a circle; be confused in mind; be giddy, dizzy
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Tongan
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PN.NIMO.2
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Ninimo
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Suffer from vertigo, dizziness, giddiness
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Rarotongan
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TA.NINA
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Nina
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Devastate (e.g. of a flood); ravage, lay waste, sack
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Tahitian
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TA.NINA
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Nina
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To cover with earth or water; to heap up earth about the stems of plants; to bury some unpleasant report
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Tuamotu
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TA.NINA
|
Nina
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Cover over, as an oven, plants
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Easter Island
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EP.NINI.1
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Nini
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Spin, roll
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Marquesas
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EP.NINI.1
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Nini/nini
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Malaise intérieure
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Penrhyn
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EP.NINI.1
|
Nini
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Whirl of hair on the head
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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EP.NINI.1
|
Nini
|
Vertigo
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Tuvalu
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PN.NINI.3
|
Nini
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Smear, daub
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Hawaiian
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PN.NINI.3
|
Nini
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Ointment, balm
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Rotuman
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PN.NINI.3
|
Nini
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To smear or paint in certain ceremonies
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Samoan
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PN.NINI.3
|
Nini
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Apply, rub, smear
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Tokelau
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PN.NINI.3
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Nini
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Apply on skin, smear, rub into the skin
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Fijian
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TO.NINI.2
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Nini
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Tremble, quake with fear or anger
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Niue
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TO.NINI.2
|
Nini
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Shimmering heat, vapor rising on a sunny day
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Sa'a
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TO.NINI.2
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Nini/koʔa
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Trembling, shivering from fright or cold
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Tongan
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TO.NINI.2
|
Nini/nini
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Shiver with cold
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Tuvalu
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EC.NINO.*
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Nino
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Fine strand used in rope-making
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Marquesas
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EC.NINO.*
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Nino
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Filer, tresser, corder. Attacher ensemble des feuilles de cocotier non tressées (Lch).
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Tahitian
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EC.NINO.*
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Nino
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Corder. To spin or twist (Dvs).
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Tuamotu
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EC.NINO.*
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Nino
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Overlap and twist slightly together
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East Futuna
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NP.NITI
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Ni/niti/
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Too tight (of clothes)
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Hawaiian
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NP.NITI
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(ʔI)niki
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To pinch
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Ifira-Mele
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NP.NITI
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Giji
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Fit, tight, snug (of one thing inside another)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.NITI
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Ngi/ngita
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Fast, firm, secure
Problematic
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Luangiua
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NP.NITI
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ŋiki
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Close; intensifier
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Luangiua
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NP.NITI
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Haŋ/ŋiki
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Strangle
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Luangiua
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NP.NITI
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Ha/ŋiki
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Place together in upright position
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Rennellese
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NP.NITI
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Niti
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Tight, crowded, tightly fastened
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Sikaiana
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NP.NITI
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N/niti/
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Crowded, tight, closely packed
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Tahitian
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NP.NITI
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Niti/niti
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Niggardly, close-fisted
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Takuu
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NP.NITI
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N/niti
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(Of a knot, zip, clam shell, etc.) drawn together tightly; caught in an object whose sides have been drawn tightly together; extremely crowded, jam-packed. (of knot), caught, enmeshed
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Tikopia
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NP.NITI
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Ngiti
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Tight; firm . Tense (of skin from an insect bite), stuffed (of nose with catarrh)
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Tikopia
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NP.NITI
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Ngi/ngiti
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Pack tight
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Tuamotu
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NP.NITI
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ŋiŋiti
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Squeeze, compress, grip tightly; pinch, pinch off
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