| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rotuman
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Fit, be of right size; becoming, appropriate, suitable
Problematic
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Be capable enough
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Takuu
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Equal to a task; able to do something; enough, sufficient; (of clothes) fit
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Tikopia
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Be accustomed, used to; adapt; fit
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Tongan
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Skill that one is accustomed to do
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West Futuna
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Follow in the ways of, take after, learn from
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Easter Island
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau(tau)
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To hang, suspend
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East Futuna
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang (e.g. washing on line)
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU.2
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Tautau
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Pendre; suspendre
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU.2
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Kau
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Hang, suspend, perch, rest
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.2
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Dau
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To hang up (as mats as wind-screens)
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Emae
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Rest on, hang
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang suspended; tie in bunches; thread on string
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Loop of cord attaching a club to the wrist; cord handle of a basket
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Moriori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Line, string, cord
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Moriori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Cluster, bunch
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Suspendu, suspendre. Suspendre un objet (Lch). Anse (de panier); handle (of basket) (Atl).
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Niue
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang up, suspend
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAU.2
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Dau balabala
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Slack (of rope)
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU.2
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Kau
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Wear
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang down, be hanging
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Pukapuka
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang, suspend
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Rapa
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/ria te numu
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Cluster (?)
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Rapa
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Bananas (generic term)
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang, as clothes, wear, as a necklace
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Samoan
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang, as clothes on line, basked on hook etc.
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang (as clothes on a line, or fruit from a tree)
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Etre suspendu, pendre
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Takuu
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang, suspend
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang (as a necklace on neck)
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau(tau)
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Depend, hand down
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Suspendu
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Anuta
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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Count, read
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Count, read
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.3
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Dau
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Count (things or people); read
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Emae
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PN.TAU.3
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Taau/a
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Count, read
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Moriori
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Calculate . Count; equal (?)
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau. Te/tau (MQS)(Lch).
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Compter, conter, réciter. Lire, raconter, calculer (Lch).
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Niue
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PN.TAU.3
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To/tou
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Read, count
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAU.3
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Dau
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Count, read
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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Read, count
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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Read, count
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Count, enumerate
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Rotuman
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Learn, study, practise, teach b.
Borrowed
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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To count or number
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Takuu
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PN.TAU.3
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T/tau
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Count, enumerate; counting system, number
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.3
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(Ta)tau
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Count, reckon, measure
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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Describe, relate, recount
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West Futuna
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau-a
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Count, add, read
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau-a
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Compter, nombrer; lire
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