| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Easter Island
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
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Maataamuʔa
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Ancestor
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
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Maataamua
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First, firstborn, elder; fore (of limbs)
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Rarotongan
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
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Maataamua
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Firstborn, the eldest child
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Tahitian
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
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Maataamua
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Premier; commencement; autrefois
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Tuamotu
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Mataamua
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Ancient times; earliest times; commencement
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA-A-PULE
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Mataapule
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Chef, superieur; le premier enfant de la famille
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East Uvea
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PN.MATA-A-PULE
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Mataapule
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Etranger, chef, aîné de famille
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Tikopia
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PN.MATA-A-PULE
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Mataapure
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Ritual elder in traditional religious system
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Tongan
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PN.MATA-A-PULE
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Mataapule
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Man of honourable rank or station; minor chief; chief's attendant and spokesman; sibling-in-law of same sex
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Rarotongan
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PN.MATATA
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Maatata
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Extensively cracked, as a board
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Tuamotu
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PN.MATATA
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Maataataa
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Split, crack, partially but in many places
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Luangiua
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NO.MATA-A-TALA
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Makaakala
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Front of house
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Sikaiana
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NO.MATA-A-TALA
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Mataatala
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Front and back edges of roof
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MATA-TOQA
|
Maata-a-toa
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Fearless
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Tahitian
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PN.MATA-TOQA
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Mataatoa
|
An eye looking aside
Problematic
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Luangiua
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XO.MATAU.B
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Makaau
|
Tattooing chisel
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Tikopia
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XO.MATAU.B
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Mataau
|
Tattooer's serrated chisel of bird-bone
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East Futuna
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maataʔu
|
Fishhook, line-fishing
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East Uvea
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maataʔu
|
Fishhook
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maadau
|
Fishhook
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Mataau
|
Anchor
Problematic
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maataʔu
|
Fishhook
Borrowed
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Nuguria
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maatau
|
Fishing hook
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maadau
|
Fishhook
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Luangiua
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maakau
|
Fishhook
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Rennellese
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maataʔu
|
Fish with hook
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Samoan
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maatau
|
Fishhook
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Takuu
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maatau
|
Fishhook; fish with a hook
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Tongan
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maataʔu
|
Fishhook
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Pukapuka
|
AN.MATAQU.2
|
Maatau
|
Right (not left)
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East Futuna
|
CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Clair, transparent, pur
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Know, understand
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Penrhyn
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Accustomed to, usual
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Rarotongan
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Have knowledge of, be accustomed to, be in the habit of
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Pukapuka
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Waka/maatau/
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Be accustomed to, in the habit of
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Tuamotu
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Understand
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Nuguria
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XO.MATA-A-WAE
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Mataavae
|
Toes, chela (of crabs)
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Luangiua
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XO.MATA-A-WAE
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Makaavae
|
Toes
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Maati
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Fruit of Fuchsia
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.MATIE
|
Maatie
|
A seaside plant
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Rarotongan
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PN.MA-TILA
|
Maatira
|
Fishing-rod
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MAA-TIRO
|
Maakilo
|
Eye wistfully, look longingly at, to beg thus
|
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.MAA-TIRO
|
Maatiro
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Look longingly at, beg for food
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Sikaiana
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CE.MAA-TIRO
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Maatino
|
Clear to see
Problematic
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Tuamotu
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CE.MAA-TIRO
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Maatiro
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Crave food; beg for food
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East Futuna
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PN.MAA-TINO
|
Maatino
|
Think, decide; be determined, decided
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Rennellese
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PN.MAA-TINO
|
Maatino
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Realise, know, perceive, esp. bad things
|
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Sikaiana
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PN.MAA-TINO
|
Maatino
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Clear to see, obvious, certain
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Hawaiian
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PN.MATO
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Maakoo
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Rough, rocky, large
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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PN.MA-TOFI.A
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Maakohi
|
To split (as breadfruit); splitter
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