| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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CE.MOKO.4
|
Moko/moko
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Be young (e.g of drinking nut, bunch of nuts)
Problematic
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Fijian
|
FJ.MOKO.5
|
Moko-t
|
Bind, tie (NW Viti Levu)
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Tongan
|
FJ.MOKO.5
|
Moko
|
Fasten thatch by tying with sennit to an apai
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
??.MOKO-FULUFULU
|
Moko-huruhuru
|
"Hairy grub", the form assumed by Maaui when he attempted to enter the body of Hine-nui-i-te-poo
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Niue
|
??.MOKO-FULUFULU
|
Moko-fulufulu
|
The guardian of fire who lived in the first heaven (Loeb 1926:219)
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.MOKORAA
|
Mokoraa
|
Female Robin (Petroica australis)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.MOKORAA
|
Makoraa
|
Red-billed gull (Larus scopulinus)
|
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Pukapuka
|
TA.MOKORAA
|
Mokolaa
|
Duck introduced species and name
Problematic
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CK.MOKO-ROA-I-ATA
|
Te Mokoroa-i-ata
|
The Milky Way (Best 1955:39)
|
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Mangaia
|
CK.MOKO-ROA-I-ATA
|
Mokoroa-i-ata
|
The Milky Way (Makemson 1941:185)
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Tahitian
|
TT.MOKO-PIRO
|
Moopiro
|
A disease that affects the posteriors
|
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Tuamotu
|
TT.MOKO-PIRO
|
Mokopiro
|
Dimples in small of back just above rectum
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Mokopuna
|
Grandchild; descendant
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Mokopuu
|
Great-grandchild
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Mogobuna
|
Magic, power (spiritual)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Mogobuna
|
Grandchild, descendant of
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Hai/mopuŋa
|
FM, MM, grandchildren, MZ son, Husb M, MZ daughter (+hi9e), MB daughter
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Moko(puna)
|
Grandchild, relative of second descending generation
|
|
Rapa
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Mokopuna
|
Grandchildren
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.MOKOPUNA
|
Moʔo/tua
|
Petit-enfant, petit-neveu
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.MOKOTUA
|
Mokotua
|
Back of human beings and quadrupeds
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.MOKOTUA
|
Mootua/io
|
The spinal marrow
|
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East Futuna
|
NP.MOKU
|
Moku
|
Petit, nain, rabougri
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.MOKU
|
Moku
|
Few, little
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
Be behind in a task, behind the other boats
Problematic
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
Perir, etre detruit, perdu
|
|
Emae
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
More
|
Pass by, cross over
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
/Moore/a
|
Remnant
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
To have passed by; gone; past; pass away, die
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
ʔAka/more/
|
Decapitate, behead
Problematic
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
Finished completely, nothing left
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
Choke, suffocate , die, suffocated, to be
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
Be lost, perish, become extinct
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Moore
|
Exterminated, depopulated, to be
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Smooth, slippery, slip, slide
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo(le)/mole
|
Smooth, without hair
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Smooth, without hair
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo/mole
|
Poli, glissant, lisse
|
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole(mole)
|
Smooth
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More
|
Bare, plain
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth
|
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Mangareva
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth, flat
|
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Nuguria
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Poko hulu mo/more
|
Kahl (Kopf)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Well-cleared, tidy, smooth
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Soft
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole
|
Smooth. Bald (Hbn).
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth, undecorated, bald
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo(le)/mole/
|
Smooth
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More(more)
|
Smooth
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Rarotongan
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo/more
|
Ancient type of spear with a rounded end
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