| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Takuu
|
AN.UNU.1
|
Unu/hia
|
Remove [exs bird's feathers; cigarette from packet]
|
|
Takuu
|
FJ.UTUA
|
Utua
|
A tidal flat between the islands and in the lagoon offshore from Nukutoa, partially uncovered by low tide; Te Utua is also a location on Takuu Island
|
|
Tikopia
|
FJ.WALE.3
|
Vare
|
Silly, trivial
|
|
Tikopia
|
FJ.WALE.3
|
Vare/vare
|
General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.WALE.3
|
Ware
|
Mean, low in social position
|
|
Takuu
|
FJ.WALE.3
|
Vare
|
Ordinary, plain, common, not special; as usual, normally, without any special property or incident (usually followed by koi);
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.ARI
|
Aalia
|
Wait a minute!
Borrowed
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.ARI
|
Ka/alia
|
Wait a minute!
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.TALIELIE
|
Ua/kalealia
|
Big sea crab
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.QAU-HULU
|
Auyulu
|
Prune, cut off all the leaves of the Hernandia tree
|
|
Pukapuka
|
TA.EE-IA
|
Eia
|
Here they are; narrative marker: so, then
|
|
Pukapuka
|
AN.IA.3
|
E/ia
|
Narrative marker: so, then
|
|
Pukapuka
|
AN.IA.4
|
E/ia laa
|
At last!
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TULA
|
Tula
|
(of pawpaw tree) Bare of foliage
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.TUPU.A
|
Hua/tupu/lia
|
Collect, put together, heap up; fulfill, create
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.FAKA-LANU
|
Hualanu/mia
|
Rinse in fresh water
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
SO.POLE.B
|
Hua/ple/ngia
|
Frighten, startle
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
MP.UTA
|
Faka/uta/nia
|
To send
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.GAAWARI
|
Ngaavali/vali
|
Pliable, slack (of movements)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.A-IA
|
Aia laa
|
Exclamation of approval: "There it is!"
|
|
Pukapuka
|
FJ.IRI-FIA.1
|
Ili/wia
|
Blown by the wind
|
|
Sikaiana
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Malae
|
[Name of] a ceremonial center near the ritual house {hale aitu}, no longer maintained; an area in front of a house that is set off with stone work
|
|
Pukapuka
|
MP.MALU.A
|
Malu awiawi
|
Early evening, dusk
|
|
Tikopia
|
MP.MALU.A
|
Maru afiafi
|
Shades of evening (Firth 1990:129)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MANA-QIA
|
Maanaia
|
Decorative design figure (as on a wrestling belt)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.PUNA-RUA
|
Punalua
|
Second marriage and offspring
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.SAQA.2
|
Yaa-
|
Prefix before several names of patrilineages and their associated cemeteries
|
|
Niue
|
PN.QATIU
|
Atiu
|
A cucumber-like plant (Cucumis anguria)
|
|
Luangiua
|
MP.QAUA.1
|
Aua
|
Fish sp. (miniature grey linga)
|
|
Sikaiana
|
AN.FAQA.1
|
Haa/haa
|
Swamp taro (Colocasia antiquorum)
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.GANA.2A
|
Mana!
|
(onom.) Babil, bruit; pour exprimer la jaserie et la piaillerie d'une personne bavarde
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.FAKA-QATU.B
|
Fakaatu/gia
|
Etre inquiet à propos de choses désagréables (mot ancien)
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.PUSO.2
|
Poho/ulu
|
Head of man or animal; overseer of a piece of land, especially land that has been transferred matrilaterally
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.KAUNUNU
|
Aununu
|
The sixth of the Tahitian lunar months
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MULIFAA
|
Muriaha
|
The ninth month in the pre-Christian calendar (Buck)
|
|
Mangaia
|
PN.MULIFAA
|
Muriaʔa
|
The month of April to May (obs)
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.MULIFAA
|
Muri/muriaʔa
|
Mois dans le calendrier mangarévien; fourth month (Buck)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.MULIFAA
|
Muriaha
|
The name of the third or fifth (or twelfth) month of the year
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.HIGAIA
|
Hinaia/ʔeleʔele
|
A Hawaiian star and month name
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.HIGAIA
|
Hiaia
|
The name of a Tahitian month
|
|
Mangareva
|
CE.HIGAIA
|
ʔIgaia
|
Epoque qui correspond au mois de janvier. Second month (Laval, Dictionnaire de 1908); sixth month (Buck)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.HIGAIA
|
Hiŋaaia
|
April or June; the name of the fourth or sixth month...
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.REFU.3
|
We/lehu
|
Ancient Hawaiian month, corresponding approximately to November
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.REFU.3
|
A/rehu, va/rehu
|
The name of the third Tahitian month
|
|
Penrhyn
|
CE.REFU.3
|
Se/rehu
|
The 12th month in the pre-Christian calendar
|
|
Fijian
|
CP.LAGA-KALI
|
Lagakali
|
A tree with scented leaves, Aglaia saltatorum
|
|
Rotuman
|
CP.LAGA-KALI
|
Ragkari
|
Tree bearing clusters of very small brown odiferous flowers [Aglaia saltatorum]
Borrowed
|
|
Marquesas
|
MP.TIA.1A
|
Pa/tia
|
Clouer, cheviller; cheville, dusil, faussel
|
|
Luangiua
|
AN.RIKI
|
Ia/liʔi
|
Herring
|
|
Luangiua
|
MP.PIA.2A
|
Kae/pia
|
Grease secreted beneath foreskin of penis
|
