| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
|
PN.NUMI.1
|
Numi
|
Tuck, pleat
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Tuvalu
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Numi
|
Wave goodbye
Problematic
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Numi
|
Subside, ebb away
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Nu/numi/
|
Disappear, pass behind and so out of sight
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Nu(u)mi-a
|
Passive form of nunumi
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
He/numi/
|
Be out of sight, disappear behind anything
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Ha/numi/
|
Be merged or swallowed up, be mixed
|
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Rarotongan
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Numi
|
Disappear
|
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Tuamotu
|
CE.NUMI.2*
|
Numi/ia
|
Carried out of sight
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Marker of non-finite verbs
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Sequential same-actor verbal particle, and, then . Pour; et; modalité aspectuelle du successif ou du consécutif
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Same actor conjunction ; pour, à. S'emploie après un verbe de movement et exprime le but et la consèquence
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.QO
|
ŋo/o
|
Connective
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
And, but, or (conjoins clauses, noun phrases and verb phrases)
Problematic
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.QO
|
O/i
|
And (conjoins verbs indicating a sequence of events)
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Resultative conjunction. Resulting, and then, in order to
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.QO
|
Ona
|
And so, resumptive
Problematic
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
General subordinating verbal particle
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Sequential same actor verbal conjunction
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.QO
|
O/i
|
Verbal particule. A conjunction (sic) that one action follows another in sequence. And, and then . Introduces independent clauses in narrative where it indicates sequential (ofte consequential) action. When oi introduces subject complements there is frequently an implication of fulfilment of the situation of the clause
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.QO
|
ʔO
|
Conjunction, and or untranslateable
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.QO
|
O
|
Conjonction reliant deux verbes et marquant le but: pour
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.OO.1
|
Oo
|
Small reddish baitfish ; tiny fish on which the bonito feed
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.OO.1
|
L/oo
|
Siganus spp., Melichthys niger
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.OO.1
|
O/ia
|
Caesioperca lepidoptera, butterfly perch
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.OO.1
|
Oo
|
(1) Spotted rabbitfish (Siganus sp.); (2) tiny reef fish (prob. anchovy) taken in quantity in net
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.OO.1
|
Oo
|
Lepidozygus sp
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.OO.1
|
L/oo/tala
|
Siganus sp. (juvenile)
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.OO.1
|
Oo
|
Fish sp., small, with poison back fins ; almost certainly Siganus
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.OO.2
|
ʔOo
|
Contestar diciendo "o"
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Répondre (à qqn qui appelle)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Answer, reply "yes", agree, say, talk
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Call; answer a call by "Oo!"
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo/re
|
Yes
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oou
|
Yeah! (the reply when one’s name is called); present! (this may be a reply when the roll is called at school)
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Oi (interjection indicating pleasant surprise or something quite unexpected)
Problematic
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Response to a call
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.OO.2
|
ʔOo
|
Yes
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.OO.2
|
O
|
Yes, in answer to a call
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.OO.2
|
ʔOo
|
Yes (in answer to a call by name)
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.OO.2
|
ʔOo
|
Réponse à un appel: entendu! oui! présent! c’est moi! comment?
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
A familiar substitute for ko au in responding to a call
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.OO.2
|
(H)o
|
Yes
|
|
Waya
|
PN.OO.2
|
Coo
|
Call, invocation; call someone to come
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.OO.3
|
O
|
To go, come, proceed
Borrowed
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.OO.3
|
Oo
|
Go, come (pl.)
Borrowed
|
|
Niue
|
PN.OO.3
|
Oo
|
Go, come (pl. subj.)
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.OO.3
|
O
|
Go (of persons only)
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.OO.3
|
Oo
|
Go. Go (of persons only) (Hbn).
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.OO.3
|
Woo/mamai
|
Come (plural)
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