| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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AN.MEI.2
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Mai
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The breadfruit tree
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East Futuna
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AN.MEI.2
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Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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East Uvea
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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Emae
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AN.MEI.2
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Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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Marquesas
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis). Fruit à pain (Lch).
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Mangareva
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit
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Niue
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit. Fruit à pain (Artocarpus altilis).
Problematic
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Rennellese
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit, (Artocarpus altilis)
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Tikopia
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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Tongan
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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West Uvea
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AN.MEI.2
|
Mei
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Arbre/fruit à pain (Artocarpus altilis)...
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Tuvalu
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PN.MEI.3
|
Mei
|
Mei. :shrink
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.MEI.3
|
Mei
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Dodge aside, step aside or back (in fighting)
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Samoan
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PN.MEI.3
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Meʔi
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Flinch, draw back
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Tikopia
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PN.MEI.3
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Faka/mei/mei
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Cringe, feel awe
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East Futuna
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PN.MEI.4
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Meʔe/meʔi
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Almost, nearly
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East Uvea
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PN.MEI.4
|
Mei/mei
|
Presque, sur le point de
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Marquesas
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PN.MEI.4
|
Mei
|
Failler, manquer de, être sur le point de, peu s'en faut, pe s'en est fallu. Almost (Crk).
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Penrhyn
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PN.MEI.4
|
Mei
|
Approximative, almost, nearly [preposed]
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Rarotongan
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PN.MEI.4
|
Mei
|
Almost, nearly
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Tongan
|
PN.MEI.4
|
Mei
|
Almost, nearly
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.MEI.4
|
Mei
|
Until
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MEKO
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Meʔo
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To tease
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MEKO
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Meko
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Withhold, refuse to give
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East Futuna
|
PN.MELE.1
|
Mele
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Defaut, tache, outrage, discredit ; unhealthy
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East Uvea
|
PN.MELE.1
|
Mele, melemele
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Défaut, tache, mauvais côté d'une chose; être inconvénient
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Fijian
|
PN.MELE.1
|
Mele
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Defect, flaw
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Marquesas
|
PN.MELE.1
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Meʔe
|
Mepriser, mepris, insulte
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Mangareva
|
PN.MELE.1
|
Mere
|
Se dédire, se retracter; encourager à ne pas acheter; retourner d'un voyage sans succès
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Rennellese
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PN.MELE.1
|
Mege
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Angry about stinginess, to be
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Rotuman
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PN.MELE.1
|
Mere
|
Criticise, find fault with
Borrowed
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Samoan
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PN.MELE.1
|
Mele
|
Throw away, reject , refuse, reject, make light of
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Takuu
|
PN.MELE.1
|
Mere
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Wounded, injured; (of an object) scarred, chipped, cut; cut, wound, esp. from a fish attack
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Tikopia
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PN.MELE.1
|
Mere
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Defect; defective; show up as defective
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Tongan
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PN.MELE.1
|
Mele
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Defect, defective
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Tuamotu
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PN.MELE.1
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Mere
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Discard, reject (of unwanted/defective object)
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Hawaiian
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NP.MELE.2
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Mele/mele
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Star name: Melemele and Polapola were said to be twin stars, the former male and the latter female
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.MELE.2
|
Mele/mele
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Antares and two adjacent stars
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.MELE.2
|
Mere/mere
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Venus as evening star
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Marquesas
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NP.MELE.2
|
Meʔe
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Espece de constellation
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Mangareva
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NP.MELE.2
|
Mere/mere
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A star (Buck 1938:333)
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Pukapuka
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NP.MELE.2
|
Mele/mele
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The star Alpha Scorpionis (Antares)
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Rarotongan
|
NP.MELE.2
|
Mere
|
The star Sirius
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Rarotongan
|
NP.MELE.2
|
Miru
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An evening star
Phonologically Irregular
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Tahitian
|
NP.MELE.2
|
Mere
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The name of a star (= huitarava, three noted stars of Orion). Orion's Belt (Jmr).
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Takuu
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NP.MELE.2
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Te Meremere
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A constellation: three stars forming a straight line within Orion
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Tuamotu
|
NP.MELE.2
|
Mere
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The name of a star; said to change color from red to yellow and white; ? Antares
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East Uvea
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FJ.MELE.3
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Mele/mele/
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Tousser et cracher avant de parler
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Fijian
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FJ.MELE.3
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Medre
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Tangled in speech, speak indistinctly
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