| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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MP.PUKU.1A
|
Puku
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Short thing, protuberance
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Waya
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MP.PUKU.1A
|
Buku
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Knob, node, knot
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Easter Island
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FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Puku
|
Pubes
|
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Fijian
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Buku
|
Female genitals (Cent. Vanua Levu)
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New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Puke
|
Mons veneris
|
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Nukuoro
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Bugu
|
Mons veneris
|
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Luangiua
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Puʔu
|
Projecting part above vulva
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
To/puku
|
Top of pelvis
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
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Ne/puku
|
Arsehole
|
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Tikopia
|
FJ.PUKU.1B
|
Puku
|
Male genitals
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Pukupuku
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Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people)
|
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Niue
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Puku/puku
|
Medium-sized. Small (McE).
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
(A)ka/puku
|
Squat, kneel
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Pu/puku
|
Small, rounded (of people)
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Puku(puku)
|
To be short
|
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Samoan
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Puʔu
|
A fowl having short legs
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Pukupuku
|
Compact; small, yet heavy; rounded
|
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Tongan
|
PN.PUKU.2A
|
Pukupuku
|
Short, in height
|
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Anuta
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku
|
To put something in one's mouth
|
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East Futuna
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku/puku
|
Se rincer la bouche (avec de l'eau, ou un médicament)
|
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Fijian
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Kubu
|
Put in mouth, gargle
|
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Hawaiian
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puʔu
|
Method of catching plover (in which a bone becomes lodged in the bird's throat)
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New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku
|
Secretly, without speaking, without taking food
|
|
Moriori
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Noho puku
|
Remain silent
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Niue
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku
|
Draw in, take into the mouth, eat
|
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Rennellese
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku
|
Put or hold in the mouth
|
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Tahitian
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puʔu/nena
|
S'étouffer en mangeant ou en buvant
|
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Takuu
|
FJ.PUKU.3
|
Puku/a
|
Mouth of an animal, entrance to reef channel, eye of coconut shell
|
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Nuguria
|
XO.PUKU-LIMA
|
Pukurima
|
Elbow
|
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Luangiua
|
XO.PUKU-LIMA
|
Puʔulima
|
Elbow
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
XO.PUKU-LIMA
|
Pukulima
|
Elbow
|
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Sikaiana
|
XO.PUKU-LIMA
|
Puku lima
|
The elbow
|
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Takuu
|
XO.PUKU-LIMA
|
Pukurima
|
Elbow
|
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Easter Island
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pu/pura
|
Shine, glitter
|
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Tuvalu
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
Bright stones under water and visible at night
|
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East Futuna
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pu/pula/
|
Be dim
|
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Hawaiian
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
Kindle, kindling
Problematic
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Bula
|
Glow, shine
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Bula/bula
|
Phosphorescence
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pura
|
Twinkle, shine with unsteady light
|
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Mangaia
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pura
|
Emit phosphorescent light
|
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Marquesas
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pu/pua. Pu/puʔa (MQS) (Atl).
|
Brillant, lumineux, phosphorescent, luisant, étincelant. Clarté, light (n) (Atl).
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Niue
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
Appear, rise (of the (new) moon). To shine (of the moon) (McE).
|
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Nukuoro
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Bula
|
Flash (n), glance (n); light (a torch)
|
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Nukuoro
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
Light up suddenly; phosphorescent insect sp
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Luangiua
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
Shine, glow
|
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Penrhyn
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pura
|
Luminescence, flash; to be flashed
|
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Penrhyn
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pura/pura
|
Twinkle; glow with an unsteady light
|
|
Penrhyn
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Aa/pura
|
Rise (of the new moon)
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Pukapuka
|
MP.PULA.1
|
Pula
|
To spark ; to sparkle, shine
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