| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tahitian
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CP.NIFA.2
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Nifa
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The name of a spotted fish
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Tuamotu
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CP.NIFA.2
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Nifa
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Juvenile Abula sp.
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Easter Island
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AN.NIFI.1
|
Nihi
|
Arched, curved; archway
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Hawaiian
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Nihi
|
Edge, brink, rim, border; standing on edge
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New Zealand Maori
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Ni/nihi/
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Steep; neap (of tide)
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Mangaia
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Niʔi
|
Edge
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Marquesas
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Nihi/nihi
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Sharp, pointed, peaked. En pointe, pointu, à pic (Lch). Pointu, pointed [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Tongan
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AN.NIFI.1
|
Nifi
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Little, but generally used ironically
Problematic
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Tuamotu
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Nihi
|
High, steep
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Hawaiian
|
CE.NIFI.2
|
Nihi
|
Move stealthily
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NIFI.2
|
Ni/nihi/
|
Move stealthily
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NIFI.2
|
Nihi/nihi
|
Steal past, glide by
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Marquesas
|
CE.NIFI.2
|
Nihi
|
Go secretly. Se cacher, disparaître (Lch).
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Pukapuka
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CE.NIFI.2
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Niwi
|
Go off track accidentally
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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??.NIFI.3
|
Nihi/nihi
|
Some internal part of female genitalia
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Pukapuka
|
??.NIFI.3
|
Niwi
|
Penis
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Moriori
|
AN.NIFO
|
Niho
|
Teeth
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Marquesas
|
AN.NIFO
|
Niho
|
Dent. Tentacule, corne (Lch).
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Mangareva
|
AN.NIFO
|
Niʔo
|
Tooth. Dent.
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Niue
|
AN.NIFO
|
Nifo
|
Tooth; scissors; tenon
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Rapa
|
AN.NIFO
|
Nio
|
Teeth (Green J.L.)
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Tahitian
|
AN.NIFO
|
Niho
|
Dent
|
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Takuu
|
AN.NIFO
|
Niho
|
Tooth, teeth; horn (of goat, cow); whale tooth; cog (of a wheel)
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|
West Uvea
|
AN.NIFO
|
Nifo
|
Dent
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Easter Island
|
CC.NIGI.*
|
Nini/nini
|
To have diarrhoea
Problematic
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Sikaiana
|
CC.NIGI.*
|
N/nini
|
Pour, capsize
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Tahitian
|
CC.NIGI.*
|
Ni/niʔi
|
Verser
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Hawaiian
|
CE.NII-KAU
|
Niiʔau
|
Coconut leaf midrib
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Marquesas
|
CE.NII-KAU
|
Ni/niku/~ko/niku/~vii/niku/ (I)
|
Rib of coconut leaf. Nervure de la foliole de cocotier.
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Tahitian
|
CE.NII-KAU
|
Niiʔau
|
Coconut leaf, i.e. the great leaf. Palme de cocotier, folioles de ces palmes, nervures de ces folioles (Lmt).
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Tuamotu
|
CE.NII-KAU
|
Nikaau
|
Leaflets of coconut frond
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Easter Island
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PN.NIKO
|
Niko
|
Salir el humo en volutas
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East Futuna
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko
|
Go in circles (of fish)
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East Futuna
|
PN.NIKO
|
Ma/niko/
|
Wander about
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko
|
Go round about, curve
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.NIKO
|
Taa/niko/
|
Finger-weaving in patterns
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Niue
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko(niko)/a
|
Surrounded by a halo; giddy. Swim in the head (McE).
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Pukapuka
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko
|
To return
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Samoan
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niʔo
|
Do things in a semicircle , twirl, twiddle
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko
|
Crooked; curved
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.NIKO
|
Niko/nikoʔi
|
Adorn with flourishes
|
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Niue
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nimo
|
To forget, unable to remember
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nimo/nimo/ilo
|
Clever, intelligent
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nimo
|
Forget, vanish
|
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Samoan
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nimo
|
Vanish, disappear , out of sight, to be
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nimo
|
To delay (of people)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Ma/nimo
|
Secret, underhand, surreptitious
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.NIMO.1
|
Nim/a
|
Hide, conceal, secrete
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.NIMO.2
|
Ninimo
|
Giddy. An eye disorder (Fbg).
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|
Tuvalu
|
PN.NIMO.2
|
Ninimo
|
Vertigo, giddy
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