| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva
|
Saunter, stroll ; wander about having nowhere to go
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Tahitian
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PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva/neva
|
Instable, inconstant. Wild, unsteady; wandering, applied to the eye (Dvs).
|
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Takuu
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva
|
Hover; (walk) unsteadily
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Tikopia
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Faka/neva/neva
|
At leisure, spiritless, unemployed
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Tuamotu
|
PN.NEWA.A
|
Neva/neva
|
Wander, of the eyes
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Anuta
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry on back with straps
|
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East Uvea
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry on back.
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Emae
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve/a
|
Carry on back with straps
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|
Pukapuka
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry on back
|
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Rennellese
|
SO.NEVE
|
Nebe
|
Carry strapped to the back
|
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Sikaiana
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
String used for tying basket around the back; to tie basket around the back
|
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Tikopia
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve
|
Carry burden on back with straps
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West Futuna
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve/a
|
To carry on one's back, to carry in a back-pack
|
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West Uvea
|
SO.NEVE
|
Neve-a
|
Corde à fardeau; porter sur les reins [Heo Dialect]; porter sur le dos avec un lien d'attache [Muli Dialect]
|
|
Hawaiian
|
MQ.NEWENEWE
|
Newenewe
|
Plump, as pregnant woman
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
MQ.NEWENEWE
|
Newanewa
|
Smooth and soft
Problematic
|
|
Marquesas
|
MQ.NEWENEWE
|
Neveneve
|
Tres gros, enorme
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Samoan
|
MQ.NEWENEWE
|
Nevenene
|
Mons veneris
Problematic
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Tuvalu
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Luangiua
|
EC.NI.1
|
ŋi(i)
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Sikaiana
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Past tense marker
|
|
Takuu
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Tense-aspect marker
|
|
West Futuna
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni-
|
Past, simple, completed action
Problematic
|
|
Anuta
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Indefinite article plural: some
|
|
Tuvalu
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
|
|
East Futuna
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Article pluriel indéfini
|
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East Uvea
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
|
|
Emae
|
SO.NI.2
|
Gi
|
Article (plural or indefinite mass)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Luangiua
|
SO.NI.2
|
ŋii
|
Indefinite article plural
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Some, article (plural non-specific)
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Nghi, ng(h)ei
|
Some, article (plural non-specific, human)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.NI.2
|
Na/ngi
|
Some, article (plural non-specific) (obs.)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Particle denoting a part of the whole, some, any
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Some (paucal)
|
|
Samoan
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural form of indefinite article se
|
|
Tikopia
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Part. indefinite pl., some, any
|
|
Tokelau
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Plural indefinite article
|
|
West Uvea
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Article marquant le pluriel indéfini
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Hawaiian
|
CE.NIA
|
Nia
|
Calm, smooth (of sea); smooth, round, bald, calm
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.NIA
|
Nia
|
Smooth (of shore or sea), calm
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.NIAO
|
Niiao
|
Edge, as of a canoe; groove; rima, as of a bowl; sharp edge of a knife blade
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NIAO
|
Niao
|
Gunwale, rim, edge (of tool)
|
|
Luangiua
|
CE.NIAO
|
ŋiao
|
Adze for trimming canoe hull
Problematic
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.NIFA.1
|
Kama/niha/
|
Sullen, cross, hostile
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NIFA.1
|
Niwha
|
Resolute, bold, fierce, trucculent
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CE.NIFA.1
|
Niʔaniʔa
|
Exalted, of high renown
Problematic
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.NIFA.1
|
Nifa/nifa
|
Rage, be fierce with lust of battle
|
|
East Uvea
|
CP.NIFA.2
|
Nifa
|
A sardine
|
|
Fijian
|
CP.NIFA.2
|
Da/niva/
|
A fish (Sardinella sp.)
|
|
Marquesas
|
CP.NIFA.2
|
Nifa
|
(Sardinella marquisensis). Poisson-savon; soapfish (Fatu Hiva) (Atl).
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