| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Uvea
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PN.TETE
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Tete (ina)
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Hésiter en parlant, bégayer
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Hawaiian
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Keekee
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Arothron hispidus
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Kapingamarangi
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Deedee
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Gulf Pufferfish, Sphaeroides annulatus
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Emae
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Tete/bue
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Fish sp., balloonfish (Arothron sp.)
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Niue
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teetee
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Pufferfish (Arothron sp.)
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Rarotongan
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teetee
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Pufferfish (called 'ue when fully grown)
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Rennellese
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teʔeteʔe
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Arothron and Cantigaster spp
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Samoan
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teetee
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Immature globe fish
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Tahitian
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Têtê
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The name of a small fish
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Tokelau
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teetee
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Arothron meleagris, white-spotter pufferfish
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Tongan
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teʔeteʔe
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Arothron and Canthigaster spp
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East Futuna
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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Blanc, blanche
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East Uvea
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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Blanc
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Hawaiian
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PN.TE-TEA
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Kekea
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Albino
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TE-TEA
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Teetea
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White
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Rennellese
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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To be a little light
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Rotuman
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PN.TE-TEA
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Fefeʔa
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Pale
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Samoan
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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Albino
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Tahitian
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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A person who remains always in the shade, and thereby becomes white; also a phantom said to appear at a spring of water
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Tokelau
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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Be an albino; pale, grey, whitish
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Tongan
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PN.TE-TEA
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Tetea
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Albino, or unnaturally pale; anaemic looking
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Tuvalu
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Keep safe; broom; bouquet
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Tuvalu
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu/teu
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Sweep, clean out a house, decorate [Nanumea, Nanumanga Dialect]
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Tuvalu
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Clean up, sweep, organize a room, tidy up; a broom; to dress up smartly, to decorate, to make pretty; decoration, vase of flowers; to keep safe, look after (Jackson)
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East Futuna
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Orner, décorer; decoration, costume, bouquet
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East Uvea
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Ornement, parure, toilette; (v) préparer, arranger; orner, embellir, décorer
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Hawaiian
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PN.TEU.1
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Keu
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Remaining, excessive, additional, spare, surplus, extra, too much
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Put away, keep, pack, store up, save; put s. t. in order, tidy; bury; adjust, arrange; dress, decorate; bunch, bouquet of cut flowers
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Tahitian
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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To be naked, said contemptuously; a term applied to the menses
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu/teu
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Servants, attendants on a chief
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Tokelau
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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(of flowers) Bunch, bouquet; wreath; ornament; beautify, decorate; store, put away; bury
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Tongan
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu
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Prepare, get ready;be ready or prepared; be about to
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Tuamotu
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PN.TEU.1
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Teu/teu
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Skilfully, deftly
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Tuvalu
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??.TEU.2
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Teu
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Fish sp.,Trevally, (Caranx ignobilis) (Jackson)
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Tikopia
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??.TEU.2
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Teu
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Fish sp. (mentions (Caranx lugubris) and other spp.)
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East Futuna
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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(Balanda insula)
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Emae
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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Taro sp. (Amorphophallus)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TEWE
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Tewe
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Fermented juice of a poisonous plant (Coriaria arborea)
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Marquesas
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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Arrowroot (Tacca fallifera). Sorte de plante bulbeuse et vénéneuse (Tacca); petit tambour (1904).
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Mangareva
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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A poisonous plant with bulbs. Plante herbacée aux tubercules vénéneux (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) (Aracées) (Rch).
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Niue
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) traditionally used like pia (Niuean arrowroot) during periods of food shortages
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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A plant with a large edible root, similar to taro
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Rarotongan
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus)
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Samoan
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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Stink lily (Poisonous), (Amorphophallus sp.)
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Tahitian
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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The name of a plant, and acrid root. (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) (Whr). (Dracontium polyphyllum) (Jsn).
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Tongan
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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Inferior variety of wild yam (Cwd); (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) (Whr)
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Tuamotu
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PN.TEWE
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Teve
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Banana plant
Problematic
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Anuta
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MP.TII.1
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Tii
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(Cordyline fruticosa)
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Easter Island
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MP.TII.1
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Tii
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(Cordyline terminalis)
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East Futuna
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MP.TII.1
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Tii
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(Cordyline species
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