| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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PN.TAU.8
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Tau
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Chorus, refrain
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Easter Island
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EP.TAU.ŋ
|
Tau
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Rock on the coast, taller than others so that something can be deposited on it without fear of seeing it washed away by the waves
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.TAU.ŋ
|
Tau
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Reef, ridge of a hill
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Penrhyn
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EP.TAU.ŋ
|
Tau
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Shallow part of sea; cape, promontory. Land point (Bck).
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Rarotongan
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EP.TAU.ŋ
|
Tau
|
Sandspit, sandbank, shoal; promontory, headland
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East Futuna
|
SO.TAU.10
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Taulia
|
Blessé, être blessé, blessure, contusionné, fracture
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Nukuoro
|
SO.TAU.10
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Dau
|
Be hit
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Rennellese
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SO.TAU.10
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Taugia
|
Hit, hurt, prick, strike, puncture, punish; be hit as by arrow or stone; have a splinter
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Sikaiana
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SO.TAU.10
|
Tau
|
Be hit by thrown object
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Hawaiian
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Kau
|
Period of time, season
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Marquesas
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau
|
Year consisting of ten moons. Année de dix lunes. Saison [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Nuguria
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
He tau tokotahi
|
Year
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Penrhyn
|
OC.TAQU.1
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Tuaa/tau
|
Time, season
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Rarotongan
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau
|
A season or period
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Tahitian
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau
|
Temps, époque, saison
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Takuu
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau-
|
Season during which something is plentiful
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Tikopia
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau
|
Season, period
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Tokelau
|
OC.TAQU.1
|
Tau
|
Season, weather, climate
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Hawaiian
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Kau
|
Particle indicating plural
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Marquesas
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Tau
|
Plural marker before nouns. Marque du pluriel pour un grand nombre (Lch). Number marker: plural (Mtu).
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Niue
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Tau
|
Plural marker of both definite and indefinite noun phrases
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Rennellese
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Taʔu
|
Indicator of a mass or group
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Samoan
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Tau
|
A sign of the plural applied to birds. Classificatory particle used for things in bunches or clusters (Mnr).
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Tikopia
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Tau
|
Numerical classifier of canoes
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Tongan
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Toʔu
|
Preposed to certain human nouns to mean "class of, group of"
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West Uvea
|
FJ.TAQU.2A
|
Tau-
|
Indefinite pluraliser marking human groups
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Easter Island
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Tauʔa
|
Enemy, foe; war, fight; warrior; to fight, war. To wage battle (Wbr).
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
War; quarrel, fight
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
Hostile expedition, war-party
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Moriori
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Tauu
|
Fight; war-party
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Marquesas
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Toua
|
Guerre; faire la guerre à quelqu'un. Dispute, querelle, différend (Lch). Combat, fight (Atl).
Phonologically Irregular
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Mangareva
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Toua
|
Préparitifs de guerre; chanson de guerre. A battle (Tgr).
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Thaua
|
Enemy, ally, to fight
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Thauo
|
Fight, battle (n) [TAU]
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Tagata taua/ina
|
Enemy
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
A fight
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Rennellese
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Tauʔa
|
Warparty; war, make war, fight; warrior
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Samoan
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
Fight; war, battle
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Sikaiana
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
T/taua
|
Battle, war, fight
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Takuu
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
Battle, war; fight
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Tikopia
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
Relating to fighting, war ; fighting band
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Tuamotu
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
War, raid, war-party; vengeance
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Hawaiian
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Ua
|
Refers to a previously mentioned noun
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Taua
|
That, aforementioned
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Aua
|
Those, aforementioned
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Penrhyn
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Taua
|
Retrospective article
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Pukapuka
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Taua
|
That one understood --- only in a few ancient chants, late 18th C.
Problematic
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Rarotongan
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Taua
|
Demonstrative and relative pronoun; that aforementioned
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Rarotongan
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Aua
|
Those (two, three or four) previously referred to
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Tuamotu
|
TA.T-AUA
|
Taua
|
That, the aforesaid
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