| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuamotu
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AN.WAKA.A
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Vaka
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Canoe, boat, ship, vessel etc.
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West Uvea
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AN.WAKA.A
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Vaka
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Embarcation, pirogue, bateau
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West Futuna
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AN.WAKA.A
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Vaka (WFU), waga (ANI)
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Canoe
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.WAKA.B
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Waka
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A confederation of tribes claiming descent from those on the same ancestral canoe
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Pukapuka
|
TA.WAKA.B
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Vaka
|
Team in traditional games; Muaavaka: wrestling team of younger men; mulivaka: wrestling team of older men
Problematic
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Rarotongan
|
TA.WAKA.B
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Vaka
|
Tribe, clan, party of men (Etn)
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Tahitian
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TA.WAKA.B
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Vaa/hiva
|
All the people within the prescribed limits of the Island, or district
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Tuamotu
|
TA.WAKA.B
|
Vaka
|
A tribe, subdivision of people
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East Uvea
|
PN.WAKA.C
|
Vaka
|
Medium
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.WAKA.C
|
Waka
|
Medium of an atua
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Rennellese
|
PN.WAKA.C
|
Baka
|
Embodiment of god
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Samoan
|
PN.WAKA.C
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Vaʔa
|
Priest of an aitu
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Samoan
|
PN.WAKA.C
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Vaʔa/aliʔi
|
A priest of the gods
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Tongan
|
PN.WAKA.C
|
Vaka
|
Bodily abode of a supernatural being
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East Futuna
|
PN.WAKAI
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Vaakai
|
Regarder, voir, examiner
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Pukapuka
|
PN.WAKAI
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Vaakai
|
Neat, even
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rotuman
|
PN.WAKAI
|
Vakai
|
Be on watch, look out for something
Problematic
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Samoan
|
PN.WAKAI
|
Vaʔai
|
Look at
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Tongan
|
PN.WAKAI
|
Vakai
|
Look at, consider
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Anuta
|
SO.VAKA-QATUA
|
Vaka/atua
|
Spirit medium
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East Futuna
|
SO.VAKA-QATUA
|
Vakaʔatua
|
Pagan priest or priestess, abode of a devil
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Rennellese
|
SO.VAKA-QATUA
|
Bakaʔatua
|
Representative of the gods
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Tikopia
|
SO.VAKA-QATUA
|
Vakaatua
|
Spirit medium
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Anuta
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Vakavaka
|
Side of torso
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Easter Island
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Kavakava
|
Rib
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
|
Côté, partie latérale, depuis les aisselles jusqu’au bas des côtes
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East Uvea
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
|
Flanc, partie latérale de tronc
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Fijian
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Waqawaqa
|
Thorax, frame of the ribs
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Hawaiian
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Waʔawaʔa
|
Hollow at meeting of bones below the Adam’s apple
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Kapingamarangi
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Wogowogo
|
Rib cage
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Kapingamarangi
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Iwi de wogowogo
|
Rib
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Emae
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
|
Rib
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Marquesas
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka (MQN), vaʔavaʔa (MQS)
|
Ribs. Côte, les côtes
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Mangareva
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
|
Poitrine des hommes et des animaux. Breast, chest (Atl).
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Nukuoro
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Haga/vagavaga
|
Punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
Problematic
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Pukapuka
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Ivi vakavaka
|
Rib
|
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Rennellese
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Bakabaka
|
Breastbone, as of birds and chickens; to be thin, bony
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Samoan
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Vaʔavaʔa
|
Breastbone of bird
|
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Sikaiana
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FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Vakavaka
|
Rib
|
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Tikopia
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Vakavaka
|
Flank of person or animal.
|
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Tikopia
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Ivi /vakavaka/
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Ribs
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Tongan
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Kavakava
|
Midrib of Coconut leaf
Problematic
|
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Tongan
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
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Vakavaka
|
Side of the thorax, of humans or animals
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West Uvea
|
FJ.WAKA-WAKA
|
Vakavaka, vagavaka (jeunes)
|
Poitrine
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.WAAKULE
|
Vaakure
|
Search head for lice
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.WAAKULE
|
Vakure/a
|
Search head for lice
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.WAAKULE
|
Vaakule
|
Search for lice
|
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Samoan
|
PN.WAAKULE
|
Vaaʔili
|
Search for, look for
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakule
|
Search for lice
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakili
|
Inspect, look for (e.g.lice)
Phonologically Irregular
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