| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Fijian
|
XW.NAWU
|
Dravu
|
Slaked lime; ashes
Problematic
|
|
Sa'a
|
XW.NAWU
|
Sehu
|
Lime
Problematic
|
|
Samoan
|
XW.NAWU
|
Navu
|
Cover hair with lime
|
|
Tikopia
|
XW.NAWU
|
Namu
|
Bleach with lime, especially hair of the head
Problematic
|
|
Tongan
|
XW.NAWU
|
Navu
|
Cover hair with lime
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past tense marker
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.NE
|
Neʔe
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past and completed action
|
|
Niue
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past tense marker (simple past or past progressive; possibly relative clause marker)
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Perfective aspect marker
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Particle signifying past tense and punctual aspect
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.NE
|
Ne
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Tuvalu
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nee
|
Tag-question marker: isn't it? etc.
|
|
East Futuna
|
FJ.NEE
|
Neʔee
|
N'est-ce pas?
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nee
|
Sentence final interrogative particle
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nee
|
Sentence final interrogative particle implying expected agreement
|
|
Moriori
|
FJ.NEE
|
Ne e?
|
Is that so?
|
|
Marquesas
|
FJ.NEE
|
Ne/he
|
Peut-être, posible, probablement
|
|
Luangiua
|
FJ.NEE
|
ŋee
|
Sentence final interrogative particle. 9e
|
|
Penrhyn
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nee
|
Please!
|
|
Rarotongan
|
FJ.NEE
|
ʔI/nee
|
Used to seek approval, confirmation, or agreement to a request
|
|
Rennellese
|
FJ.NEE
|
(ʔI)/nee
|
Exclamation: Isn't it so? What do you think?
|
|
Rotuman
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nee
|
Sentence final interrogative particle
|
|
Tikopia
|
FJ.NEE
|
Ne
|
Exclamative-interrogative particle: eh? wasn't it!
|
|
Tokelau
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nei
|
Interrogative particle used to emphasize a question
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.NEE
|
Nai
|
Perhaps, I wonder (expresses uncertainty, wonder, interrogation)
|
|
East Futuna
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Neʔa
|
Thing
|
|
Emae
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Nea
|
Thing
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Nea
|
Thing
|
|
Tikopia
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Nea
|
Thing
|
|
West Futuna
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Nea
|
Thing
|
|
West Uvea
|
FU.NEQA.*
|
Nea
|
Personne, humain, individu [Heo Dialect]; personne, chose [Muli Dialect]...
|
|
Easter Island
|
FJ.NEFE
|
Nehe
|
Moss (Métraux 1937:52)
|
|
Easter Island
|
FJ.NEFE
|
Nehe/nehe
|
Fern spp.
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.NEFE
|
Nevi
|
A plant (Ficus scabra) having a fruit of medicinal value
|
|
Hawaiian
|
FJ.NEFE
|
Nehe
|
Various plant spp.
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.NEFE
|
Nehenehe
|
Forest
|
|
East Futuna
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nefu
|
Poissons "loche rayon de miel" (Epinephelus spp.)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nehu
|
Anchovy (Stolephorus purpureus)
|
|
Marquesas
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nehu/nehu
|
Espece de poisson
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nef
|
Name of a fish
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nefu
|
(Anchovia sp.)
|
|
Tahitian
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nehu
|
(Stolephorus indicus) [van Hasselt]. The name of a fish, proverbially sweet (Dvs).
|
|
Takuu
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nefu
|
A small fish used for bait
|
|
Tikopia
|
NP.NEFU.1
|
Nefu/nefu
|
Sea Bass and some Grouper (Epinephelus spp.)
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.NEFU.2A
|
Nehu
|
Obscure, cloudy
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.NEFU.2A
|
Nehu/nehu
|
Twilight
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.NEFU.2A
|
Nefu
|
Unclear of liquid, misty of vision
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