| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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RO.PUKA
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Puka-kakai
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(Pisonia grandis)
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Tongan
|
RO.PUKA
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Puko
|
Hernandia; (Pisonia grandis)
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Tuamotu
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RO.PUKA
|
Puka
|
(Pisonia umbelifera) ?, (Pisonia grandis) ?. Pisonia grandis (Sct).
|
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West Uvea
|
RO.PUKA
|
Puka
|
Arbre dont on mange les feuilles (Pisonia grandis)
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Pukatea
|
A large, buttressed tree, with white bark (Laurelia novaezelandiae)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Pukatea
|
A large softwood tree (Pisonia grandis)
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Niue
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Pukatea
|
(Pisonia grandis)
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Rarotongan
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Pukatea
|
A large, indigenous tree (Pisonia grandis)
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Tahitian
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Puʔatea
|
Plante (Pisonia brunoniana, P.grandis)
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Tuamotu
|
PN.PUKA-TEA
|
Pukatea
|
(Pisonia)
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|
Anuta
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SO.PUKA-VAI
|
Puko vai
|
A kind of very large tree whose leaves are eaten (Cordia subcordata)
Problematic
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Tuvalu
|
SO.PUKA-VAI
|
Pukavai
|
A tree (Hernandia peltata)
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Rennellese
|
SO.PUKA-VAI
|
Pukabai
|
A tree, probably (Pisonia grandis)
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Samoan
|
SO.PUKA-VAI
|
Puʔavai
|
A tree (Pisonia grandis)
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Tikopia
|
FJ.PUKE.1A
|
Puke
|
Hillock, especially in cultivation
|
|
East Futuna
|
XW.PUKE.5
|
Puke
|
Filarial fever
|
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Samoan
|
XW.PUKE.5
|
Puʔe/ia
|
Have an attack of filarial fever
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Pulaka
|
Giant taro
|
|
Rarotongan
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Puraka
|
Giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis)
|
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Sikaiana
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Ka/pulaka
|
A type of swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) that is an important staple of the Sikaiana diet
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.PULAPULA
|
Pupura
|
Seed material such as taro tops
|
|
Penrhyn
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TA.PUURAU
|
Puurau
|
Hibiscus tiliaceus
|
|
Pukapuka
|
TA.PUURAU
|
Puulou
|
Tree species, Hibiscus tiliaceus
Problematic
|
|
Rapa
|
TA.PUURAU
|
Purau
|
Hibiscus tiliaceus (Rapa term is mooree). Hibiscus (= TAH purau) (Grn).
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.PUURAU
|
Purau
|
(Hibiscus tiliaceus) .
Borrowed
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.PUURAU
|
Puurau
|
Arbre (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.PULE.1
|
Pure
|
Bivalve molluscs (Notovola novaezelandiae) and other Pectinidae
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.PULOTU.2
|
Purotu
|
Hereditary performing arts specialist. A male expert in performing and teaching a clan’s entire song and dance repertoire, and also beating the slit drum on the ritual arena to accompany them. Hymn-leader (Hwd).
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.PULOTU.2
|
Purotu
|
Expert, especially in song and dance, but also general
|
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Hawaiian
|
NP.PULU.1B
|
Pulu
|
Material used to stuff corpses, etc
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Pu/puru-tia
|
Retain possession of, keep, hold in the hand
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Ifira-Mele
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Puru/puru, pur/jia
|
Grab, hold
|
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Penrhyn
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Puru/sia
|
To be welcome
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Pulu/hia
|
Catch, grab (something alive like a bird, a girl in order to marry her, a criminal, etc.)
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Puru-cia. Puru-tshia (ANI) (Cpl).
|
Catch
|
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Mangareva
|
CE.PUNA-RUA
|
Punarua
|
One who does not like children of first wife. Marâtre; personne qui n'aime pas les enfants du premier mariage.
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.PUNI.1A
|
Puni-tia
|
Bouché, bloqué; boucher, couvrir
|
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Tongan
|
PN.PUNOU
|
Punou
|
To bow, bow down, especially in worship or homage
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.PUNUA
|
Pinia
|
Young animal
Problematic
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
CP.PUUPUU.1
|
Pupu/ia
|
Wash the mouth
|
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Rarotongan
|
FJ.PUSI.2
|
Puʔi
|
Large black, sea-eel, not Moray. MKE dialect
|
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Samoan
|
FJ.PUSI.2
|
Pusi
|
Moray Eel (Gymnothorax spp.), Echidna (Scuticaria spp.)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.PUSI-LOKILOKI
|
Puhi-rokoroko
|
Yellow Saltwater Eel (Gymnothorax prasinus), Lamprey (Geotria australis)
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.PUTU.2
|
Putu
|
Share, especially formerly of raw food offered to the gods; to make such an offering
|
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Tongan
|
MP.SAQA.1
|
Haʔa/sia
|
Feel inwardly uncomfortable (esp. in abdominal region)
|
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Emae
|
OC.SAE.1
|
Saa/ia
|
To tear, make a hole in
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.SAE.1
|
I/eia
|
Tear (paper, leaves, etc..)
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.SAE.2
|
Yae
|
To chant a lament with appropriate dancing movements
|
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Tikopia
|
NP.SAFE.1
|
Safe
|
Right, appropriate
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.SAFE.4
|
Sahe
|
Any material used to absorb menstrual flow
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