| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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EC.KOOPUU.B
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Ngoopu
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Sack (genäht, Blätter)
Problematic
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Sikaiana
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NP.MASALO.B
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Masalo
|
To be surprised
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Tuvalu
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FJ.MASALA
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Maasala, maahala (N)
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To remember
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Tuvalu
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CP.MASALO.A
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Ma(a)salo(salo)
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To be jealous, suspicious
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Rennellese
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CP.MASALO.A
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Maasano
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To suspect
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
PN.MISA
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Misa
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(of reef at water level, etc.) Create turbulence in the water; (of water) turbulent, as when disturbed by a stone breaking the surface
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Takuu
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MP.MAQULI
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Mouri
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The spirit of a person, existing in recognisable human form both before and after death
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Pukapuka
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PN.MEQA.B
|
Mea
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To do, act (may refer to any action according to context: to tell, to say, to preoceed, to intend to, etc.)
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MEQA.B
|
Mea
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To say; to bother, disturb
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Rarotongan
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Used with wide range of meanings, almost as a pro-verb: do, make. Do something, bring something, be about to do something, say, tell, think, wish
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Do, deal with; cause, make; say; intend, wish
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Moriori
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PN.MEQA.B
|
Me
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Say, recite; desire (to)
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Takuu
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PN.GAO-HAQA
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Naoa
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Period when flotsam arrives (approximately December - May); cluster of floating logs on the ocean; guts of humans, turtles and pigs...
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Takuu
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AN.QONE
|
One
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Sandspit, sand bar, sandy place on the reef (obs.); sandy flat area where the spirits of each clan reside
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Takuu
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PN.PATA.3
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P/pata
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(of sand) Coarse; (of rain) having drops large enough to indent the skin.
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Takuu
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EP.POTI.2
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Poo/poki
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Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab
Problematic
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Takuu
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke
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Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
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Sikaiana
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PN.PUSAKI
|
Pusaki
|
To blow out air
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
PN.PUTO
|
Puto
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That part of a net or sail that balloons outward from the wind or water; (of a sail or a fishing net) to balloon outwards
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Sikaiana
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PN.LIFU
|
L/lihu
|
Sad, grieving, worried, tired
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Sikaiana
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PN.LIFU
|
Lihu/tia
|
Emotionally saddened, upset; sadness, grief, sorrow
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Takuu
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FJ.LIKA
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Rika
|
(of a pet animal or bird, etc.) Partially wild, not fully domesticated; (of a person) habitually disappear during the day and return home only at night
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Takuu
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PN.KAI-HAQA.A
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Kaisaa
|
(of people) Greedy, selfish; (of rats) to eat everything in sight
Problematic
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Takuu
|
PN.SAA.2
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S/saa
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(of something normally covered by water) Emerge, appear above the surface; (of one’s bones) protrude obviously, be clearly visible
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Sikaiana
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PN.SAA.2
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Saa
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Come into view, appear, be visible
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Takuu
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NP.SAE.3
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Sae
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(of frightening spirits such as mouri or tipua) Appear frequently; (of the spirit of a dead person) fly overhead
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Takuu
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PN.SAQELE
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Saere
|
Walk, go
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Takuu
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MP.SAFE.2
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Sahe
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Single half-hitch knot; to lash pieces of timber together, as on a canoe or house
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|
Takuu
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PN.SASAWE
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S/sahe
|
Flying fish (Cypselurus spp.)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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CC.SAKE.2
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Sake, ssaka
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Lift one’s laplap to expose one’s buttocks as an act of provocation, expose oneself
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Takuu
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MP.KILA.2
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Saa/kila
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Look or glance once out of the corner of one’s eye
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Sikaiana
|
MP.KILA.2
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Sa/kila
|
To glance
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Takuu
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NP.SAAKILI.2
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Saakiri, saekiri
|
Curse, swear
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Sikaiana
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NP.SAAKILI.2
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Sakili/kili
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Talk dirty, swear using restricted words with sexual meanings
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Sikaiana
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XO.SAMONO
|
Samono
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Porpoise
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Takuu
|
NP.MUI
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Sa/mui/mui
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(of several objects) Clustered
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Fijian
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FJ.SAGA.1B
|
Saga
|
Try hard to do/ get something
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Samoan
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Faʔa/saga
|
Face towards, attend to, set to, get on with
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Takuu
|
FJ.SAGA.1B
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Saana/i
|
Positioned, be in a correct position to do something, face towards something
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Sikaiana
|
FJ.SAGA.1B
|
Sana
|
To face towards a certain direction
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East Futuna
|
FJ.SAGA.1B
|
Saga, sage
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Possible, probable
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
|
FJ.SAGA.1B
|
Saga
|
To face, to be opposite
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Takuu
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NP.SA-GEGE
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Sannee
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(of horizontal beam, etc.) Bent, crooked, warped; (of fish) scatter, disperse; (of log, canoe, etc.) split, crack
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
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MP.SAO
|
Sao
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Escape, be free from obligation: safe, alive after some disaster; (of canoe) safely cross the reef
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Takuu
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EO.SAQALO
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Saa(o)roo
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Scrape something (with a knife, etc.) in order to soften it
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Takuu
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MP.SAPAI
|
Saapai
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Carry in one's arms, lift [ex. child]
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Takuu
|
SO.SA-SALA
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Sara kai
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(of a seabird or fig. of a person) Search for fish
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Sikaiana
|
SO.SA-SALA
|
Sala kai
|
To harvest, to gather food from the bush
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Takuu
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OC.SALALA
|
Saraa
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Fish sp. [Atherinidae silversides], edible small blue and white fish netted and used for bait
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
OC.SALALA
|
Salaa
|
Fish sp., very small
Phonologically Irregular
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