| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rennellese
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Taaunga
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Gift, as of left-over food
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Samoan
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Taauga
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Basket of cooked food (kept against daily requirements or to provide a present if required); contribution of food (given by a guest to his host etc
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Takuu
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Tauna
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Suspended basket for keeping food; hooked stick suspended from the ceiling on which a basket of food may be hung
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Tokelau
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Tauga
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A bunch of four, six or eight empty coconut shells attached to a length of sennit, for drawing water from a well
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West Futuna
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Tauga
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Hanger, hanging pot; contraption for hanging things from ceiling (esp. to keep rats from getting food). Stick or rope for slinging food on, hanger (Cpl).
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui, (tau vi?)
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Exchange, purchase; price, pay
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Easter Island
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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Trade, barter (from Tahitian)
Borrowed
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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Show unseemly haste to immediately and exactly discharge the obligation to return a gift
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East Futuna
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taauʔi
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Vengeance, rendre la pareille, se venger; compensation
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU-QI
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Tauʔi
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Rendre la pareille
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Fijian
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PN.TAU-QI
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Sau
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Repay, retaliate, answer a letter
Problematic
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Nuguria
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PN.TAU-QI
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Tahui
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Bezahlen
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Niue
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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To reply; to pay back; to avenge; reward
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU-QI
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Kaauii. Kaui (Hbn).
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Exchange, barter
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui-a
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Buy, redeem, pay
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui/i
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Price
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui(i)
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Change (money); change over; exchange; replace somebody
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU-QI
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Tauʔi
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Sell, buy, barter, pay, trade
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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Repay, reward
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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Changer, échanger. Prix, achat, compensation, taux de change (Aca).
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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Buy, barter, sell
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui
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To change, replace
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West Futuna
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PN.TAU-QI
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Tauia
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To lighten
Problematic
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU-QI
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Taui-a
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Paiement, payer
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Hawaiian
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CE.TAUIRA
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Kauila
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Ceremony of consecration
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauira
|
Teacher, student; pattern, model
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Moriori
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauira
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Acolyte
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Pukapuka
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauila
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Small fish driven into lagoon and to the beach shallows by electrical storms
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauira
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Pupil, student, student priest ; small fry (very young fish still swimming about in shoals
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Easter Island
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PN.TAURA
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Taura
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Cable, cord, rope, string
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAURA
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Taula
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Tie up a boat
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Niue
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PN.TAURA
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Toua
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Rope; Mauritius hemp (Furcraea foetida)
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAURA
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Taura
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Rope ; string, thread, cotton
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Rennellese
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PN.TAURA
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Tauga
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Rope, line, to tie
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Tahitian
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PN.TAURA
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Taura
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Corde, ficelle, fil
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Tongan
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PN.TAURA
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Toua
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A rope to climb by
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU-LA
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T(h)aula (trans. taula/nia)
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Anchor (n,v)
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU-LA
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Taula
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Ancre; herbe difficile à arracher
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East Uvea
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PN.TAAULA
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Taulaa ʔatua
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Pretre paien ou pretresse
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAAULA
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Taaura
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Priest who accompanies army
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Marquesas
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PN.TAAULA
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Tauʔa
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Pretre, pretresse, medecin. Prêtre de l'ancien temps (Lch).
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Mangareva
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PN.TAAULA
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Taura
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Pretre du culte polynésien; expert. The priest of an idol (Tgr).
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Niue
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PN.TAAULA
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Taula/atua
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Witch doctor, shaman. Shaman or priest of heathen times (McE).
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAAULA
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Taura
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Priest ; ritual specialist, medium, healer
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAAULA
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Taula/itu
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Seer, prophet, shaman
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Pukapuka
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PN.TAAULA
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Taula/atua
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Person who can perform miracles of foresee the future
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAAULA
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Taura/-atua
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Sorcerer, priest of the ancient gods
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Rennellese
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PN.TAAULA
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Tauga
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A medium, one possessed, a prophet
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Rennellese
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PN.TAAULA
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Taauga ʔatua
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Medium possessed by a district god
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Samoan
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PN.TAAULA
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Taaula. Taula (Mnr).
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The priest of an *aitu*; the keeper or feeder of a chief's dog.
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