| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Ifira-Mele
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AN.FAFA.1
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Ffa/ia
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Carry on back
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Mota
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AN.FAFA.1
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Pepe
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Pickaback
Problematic
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Nggela
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AN.FAFA.1
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Papa
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Pickaback
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Luangiua
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AN.FAFA.1
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Haaha/ʔe, haaʔahe
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Piggy back
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.FAFA.1
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Haha
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To carry something on back
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.FAFA.1
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Paapaa
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Carry a child by tying it with a cloth to one’s back, side or front, carry (a person)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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AN.FAFA.1
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Ffaa, ppaa
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Carry someone on the back; cloth used for tying a child on one's back
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West Futuna
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AN.FAFA.1
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Fafa
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To carry piggy back (a customary manner of carrying a young child)
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Easter Island
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AN.FAFA.2
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Haha
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Mouth, entrance, opening
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Lau
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AN.FAFA.2
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Faafaa
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Open mouth wide
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Nukuoro
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AN.FAFA.2
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Alo/haha
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Throat (of fish only)
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West Uvea
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AN.FAFA.2
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Fafa/nga
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Palais de la bouche
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.FAFA.3
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Haha
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Rope to steer sail with. Stay ropes tied onto wooden arms of sail (Lch). Sheet (to control sail) (Gge).
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Pukapuka
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SO.FAFA.3
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Wawa
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Sheet of main sail
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Sikaiana
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SO.FAFA.3
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Aha
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The sail guide rope
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Tikopia
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SO.FAFA.3
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Fafa
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Rope stays and sheet of sailing canoe
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Easter Island
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Touch with care; feel one`s way. Feel (examining, registering) (Wbr).
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East Uvea
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Toucher, palper (I)
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Hawaiian
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Feel with hands
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Feel about in the dark, grope
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Whaawhaa
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Feel with hands.
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Marquesas
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haha (MQN), fafa (MQS)
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Feel with hands. Tâtonner, chercher en tatonnant; tâter de, essayer; sonder. Tâter avec la main (Atl).
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Niue
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Look out for someone, reconnoitre. Find out, check (Sph).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nukuoro
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Search for in dark using hands only
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Penrhyn
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Touch, feel with the hands. Groping (method of night fishing) (Bck).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Hahaa
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Search for, look for something you do not know where is
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Waawaa
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Grope, or feel round in the dark
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Rarotongan
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PN.FAA-FAA
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ʔAaʔaa
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Feel with the hands, grope
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Tahitian
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Toucher, palper; sonder les intentions de quelqu'un
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Takuu
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Touch with the hands, feel, grope
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Tokelau
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Feel with hands or feet, grope; massage
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Tongan
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faa(faa)
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Feel with hands
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Tuamotu
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa
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Feel with fingers
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Tuamotu
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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Feel with fingers
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West Uvea
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Faafaa(kia)
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Tâtonner, chercher sans voir
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Tuvalu
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AN.FAFAGO
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Fafago
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Awaken someone (Niutao)
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Tuvalu
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AN.FAFAGO
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Fafagu
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Awaken someone (Niutao and Nanumanga dial.)
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Fijian
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AN.FAFAGO
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Vago/na
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Awaken someone (dial.)
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East Uvea
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PN.FAFAI
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Fafai
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Raser, tondre, polir
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAFAI
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Wawai
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To completely harvest a taro patch
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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PN.FAFAI
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Aʔai
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To lift, remove
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
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PN.FAFAI
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Hahai
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To chip smooth or plane, as a canoe
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Samoan
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PN.FAFAI
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Fafai
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Scrape Paper Mulberry or Hibiscus fibres with a shell scraper
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Tongan
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PN.FAFAI
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Fafai
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Shave the head
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East Futuna
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PN.FAFALI
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Fafali
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Excrement on anus after defecation, dag
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East Uvea
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PN.FAFALI
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Fafali
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S'essuyer le derriere avec quelque chose de mou (se dit pour les femmes)
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Fijian
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PN.FAFALI
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Vali
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Detach fish from hook, meat from shellfish, shellfish off rocks; separate, disentangle
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.FAFALI
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Haali
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Shovel, scoop up
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Niue
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PN.FAFALI
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Fali
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Wipe up (e.g. faeces)
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Niue
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PN.FAFALI
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Fafali
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Clear away, wipe off, wash out
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