| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Mangareva
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FJ.MELE.3
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Mere/ga
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Entraves en paroles mises à un achat. Difficulty in speaking to one another on the march (Tgr).
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Tongan
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FJ.MELE.3
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Mele
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To clear the throat gently, or to make a noise as if clearing the throat
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Waya
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FJ.MELE.3
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Medre
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Hard to understand (of speech)
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Anuta
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PN.MELO
|
Mero
|
Red
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Tuvalu
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PN.MELO
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Mmelo
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Reddish
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East Futuna
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PN.MELO
|
Me/melo
|
Rouge
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East Uvea
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PN.MELO
|
Melo, melo/melo
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Jaune, basane, brun
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Marquesas
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PN.MELO
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Paka meʔo
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Tres sec, sans jus. Très cuit, desséché (Lch).
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Niue
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PN.MELO
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Melo/melo
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Orange-coloured
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Samoan
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PN.MELO
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Melomelo
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Red; mulieb. pudend.
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Pukapuka
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PN.MELO
|
Melo
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Deep in colour
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Pukapuka
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PN.MELO
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Melo/melo
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Yellowish (of light colour)
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Pukapuka
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PN.MELO
|
Me/melo/
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Deep red in colour
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Rennellese
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PN.MELO
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Mego
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(Hibiscus rosa sinensis)
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Rennellese
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PN.MELO
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Mego/mego
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Appear reddish from a distance
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Tikopia
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PN.MELO
|
Mero
|
Red
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Tongan
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PN.MELO
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Melo(melo)
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Brown, tan or dark yellow (e.g. gold, brown bread but not brown sugar)
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Tuamotu
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PN.MELO
|
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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West Uvea
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PN.MELO
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Melo
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Rouge
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Penrhyn
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PN.ME-MEA
|
Memea
|
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
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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
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PN.MENE
|
Me/mene/
|
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
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PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Shrink back
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MENE
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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
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PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Draw together, assemble; draw up cheeks in a grin
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Moriori
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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
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PN.MENE
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Meŋe
|
Action during intercourse; flat [sc. fat?] bottom - person
|
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Pukapuka
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PN.MENE
|
Me/mene
|
Withdraw, retreat from an original location
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Rennellese
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PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Go off by oneself, as into forest
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Rarotongan
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PN.MENE
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Koo/mene/
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Contract, draw back, shrink
|
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Samoan
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PN.MENE
|
Mene/mene
|
Small (of the breasts)
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Tahitian
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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
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PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Shrink back
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Tuamotu
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PN.MENE
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Mene/mene
|
Round
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Fijian
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CE.MESA-MESA
|
Meca
|
Enemy
Problematic
|
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Hawaiian
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CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
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Lonely, solitary, silent
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
|
Lonely, solitary, set apart, dedicated, ashamed, abashed
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Tahitian
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CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
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Effrayant, être effrayé, saisi de frayeur
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Tuamotu
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CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
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Fear, dread, be frightened, terrified at anything imminent but invisible
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Moriori
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TA.MESO
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Meho-nui
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An extinct bird, larger than a goose and flightless
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