| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rennellese
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PN.QUU.A
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ʔUu
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Tied bunch or bundle (especially of weapons); clump (e.g. of sugarcane)
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Tikopia
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PN.QUU.A
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Uu
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Sheaf, bundle, collection of anything; categoriser of sticks, twigs etc
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Tongan
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PN.QUU.A
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ʔUu
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Bundle of things bound together, as a faggot or sheaf plural marker (general for inanimate things)
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East Futuna
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NP.QUU.B
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ʔUu
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Roseau (Miscanthus floridulus)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.QUU.B
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U
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A reed . Reed plant, used for making arrows; shaft of arrow (made from reed)
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Samoan
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NP.QUU.B
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Uu
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Cane sp. (Miscanthus floridulus)
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Bugotu
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MP.QUUQUU
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Urio
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)
Problematic
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East Futuna
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MP.QUUQUU
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ʔUuʔuu
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)
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East Uvea
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MP.QUUQUU
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ʔUuʔuu
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.QUUQUU
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Uu
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The robber-crab (Birgus latro) ; coconut crab
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Takuu
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MP.QUUQUU
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Uu
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Coconut Crab [Birgus latro]
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Tikopia
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MP.QUUQUU
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Uu
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Coconut crab (Birgus latro)
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Tongan
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MP.QUUQUU
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ʔUuʔuu
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Giant land-crab
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West Uvea
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MP.QUUQUU
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Uu
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Crabe de cocotier (Birgus latro)
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Bugotu
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AN.UA.1
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Ula-gna
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Tendon, vein
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Easter Island
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, tendon, nerve; elastic
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Tuvalu
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, sinew, tendon
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East Futuna
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein, nerve, muscle
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East Uvea
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein, nerve
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Fijian
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein, muscle
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Fijian
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua/na
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Veined, muscular
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Hawaiian
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Sinewy, tough, glutinous, viscid
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, sinew; firmness; difficult
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Moriori
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/u
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Artery; difficult
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Marquesas
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, sinew, firmness. Veine, artère; nerfs, tendons, ligaments (Lch). Muscle, veine (Atl).
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Mangareva
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, sinew; firmness. Veine, artère, tendon. Muscle - vein (Atl).
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Nggela
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AN.UA.1
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Ula
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Vein
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Nukuoro
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, tendon, artery
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Luangiua
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein
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Penrhyn
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, tendon, artery, sinew; rubber
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Rarotongan
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Sinew, tendon, muscle, tough
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Rotuman
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, tendon, sinew, nerve, elastic
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Sa'a
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AN.UA.1
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Uleule
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Vein
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Samoan
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein, sinew, artery
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Tahitian
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Veine, artère, tendon
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Tokelau
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, sinew, tendon
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Tongan
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AN.UA.1
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Uo/ua
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Sinew, tendon, muscle, ligament
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Tuamotu
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua
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Vein, artery, tendon, sinew
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Nguna
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AN.UA.1
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Na/wa/
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Vein
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West Futuna
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AN.UA.1
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Ua/ua, (na)uo/ua
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Blood vessel, artery, vein; tendon, sinew. Nerfs (Rve).
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Waya
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AN.UA.1
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Ua
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Vein
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Hawaiian
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PN.UA.2
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U(w)a/i
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To move (as an object), push aside; move from place to place (as a tethered animal), sliding (as a door); opening and shutting
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/ki
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Push (as in launching a canoe), push open a sliding door
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Marquesas
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/ʔi. ʔUa/i (Lch).
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Launch or recover a canoe; uncover an oven. Tirer une pirogue à sec; la porter à la mer; défourner, retirer le pain du four, retirer le ma du silo (Lch).
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Mangareva
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/i
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Faire mordre un levier sous une pierre ou autre chose; pousser une pirogue de la terre en mer; enfoncer en terre un morceau de bois, un fer. To push a canoe or raft into the water (Tgr).
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Rennellese
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PN.UA.2
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Ua
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To pry loose; to thrust, as a snare at flying fox; to pull, as a trigger
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Samoan
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/ua
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A lever ; prise up
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Tikopia
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/aki
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Lever outwards, as in enlarging a hole with digging-stick, moving log with crowbar, working paddle away from canoe side
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Tongan
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PN.UA.3
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ʔAa/ua
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Indeed, to be sure
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East Uvea
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OC.UQA.1A
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Uʔa
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Gosier, cou; gourmand
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