| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Easter Island
|
MP.QAU.1
|
ʔAu
|
Sea current
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Tuvalu
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current (of sea)
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East Uvea
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Le courant de la mer
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Hawaiian
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current
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Kapingamarangi
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current
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Moriori
|
MP.QAU.1
|
I/au/ripo
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Eddy
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Marquesas
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Courant sur mer
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Mangareva
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Ebb and flow of tide. Flux et reflux de la mer (Rch).
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Niue
|
MP.QAU.1
|
A/au
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Ocean wave; to be swift (of sea). A current (McE).
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Nukuoro
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current
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Penrhyn
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current of the sea
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Pukapuka
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Ocean current
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Rarotongan
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current
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Rotuman
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current; flow or rush of water
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Takuu
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current of water, stream
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Tikopia
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Spume on surface of sea, a result of high waves
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Tokelau
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current, flow
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West Futuna
|
MP.QAU.1
|
Au
|
Current, eddy, whirlpool
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Easter Island
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔAu/ʔau
|
Scratch
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Easter Island
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔA/ʔau
|
Take out a double handful, pick up in both hands
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Hawaiian
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au
|
To weed; rub, massage, polish
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Niue
|
PN.QAU.2
|
A/au
|
To clear away. Clear away big branches when preparing a plantation (McE).
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Aau
|
Remove
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔAu
|
Gutting fish
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔAu/iho
|
Take away
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au/au
|
To pick, pinch
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au/tua
|
To remove, sever
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Pukapuka
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au/yulu
|
To prune
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Rennellese
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔAu/ʔau
|
To pick out, as bones from fish, seeds from a papaya, or mucus from the nose; strip off, as old stems from taro
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Samoan
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au
|
To carry away, as the stones of a wall . Carry (in the hand)
|
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Samoan
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au/au
|
Pick (by hand)
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Tongan
|
PN.QAU.2
|
ʔAu-
|
Remove unwanted portion of something -- strip, scale, husk, etc. (in compounds)
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Easter Island
|
PN.QAU.3
|
ʔAu/ʔau
|
To cry, howl
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.QAU.3
|
Au
|
Howl, bark
|
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Marquesas
|
PN.QAU.3
|
Auau!
|
Voix d' une personne qui pleure (onom.). Interj. manière de pleurer (1904).
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Niue
|
PN.QAU.3
|
Au
|
Howl (as a dog)
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Rotuman
|
PN.QAU.3
|
Au
|
Bark (of dog; jeer
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East Futuna
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Poissons: "mulet carrelé" (Chelon vaigiensis); "mulet" (petit) (Crenimugil crenilabis)
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East Uvea
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
ʔAua
|
Nom de poisson (Guerres acinaces); (Liza macrolepis) when length of index finger
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East Uvea
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
ʔAua/mui
|
(Liza macrolepis) [Smith] when length of hand
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Yellow-eyed Mullet (Agonostomus forsteri)
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Mangaia
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua vaʔa roa
|
Silvery Mullet (Neomyxus chaptalli)
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Pukapuka
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Mullet sp. (Mugil cephalus)
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Rapa
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua/re
|
A fish, the small mullet
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Rarotongan
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
ʔAua
|
Small, silvery-grey fish ; (Neomyxus chaptalii) when small
|
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Samoan
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Mugil sp.
|
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Tahitian
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
(Valamugil engeli) of intermediate size. Poisson de la famille des Mugilidae (Crenimugil crenilabis), quand il est de taille intermédiaire entre ' oorie et tehu (Lmt)
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Takuu
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Silver Mullet or Sea Mullet (Mugil cephalus) when very small
|
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Tokelau
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Silvery mullet (Neomyxus chaptalii)
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