| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nukumanu
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MP.RURU
|
Llu ria
|
Hidden
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Nukumanu
|
CP.SEU
|
Seu (pl. sseu, pass. seu(a) ria)
|
Destroy; abolish, annul; violate (law); overcome
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Nukumanu
|
PN.SILI.1
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S/siri (pass. ssirihia)
|
Forget; forgive(n)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nukumanu
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NP.TAI-QAO
|
Taiao
|
Tomorrow
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Nukumanu
|
PN.LAWE.2B
|
Lave (pl. llave) (pass. laavea ria)
|
Find
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Nukumanu
|
AN.AFIAFI
|
Hiahi
|
Evening
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Nukumanu
|
PN.SOKO-.3B
|
Hoko/ia
|
Himself; to herself
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Nukumanu
|
AN.TANU
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Tanu (pass. tanu ria)
|
Bury
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Sikaiana
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XO.KAVA
|
Kava
|
A cemetery, a burial ground
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Nukumanu
|
MP.KOLO.2
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Hak/koro (pass. hakkorohia)
|
Invite
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Tokelau
|
PN.SEGI.B
|
Henga/ia
|
(Of eyes) be dazzled, be blinded
Phonologically Irregular
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Kaimaria
|
Generous
Problematic
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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NP.MUU.3A
|
Maa/muu
|
Silent (introduced from Tahitian)
Borrowed
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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OC.MOTU.A
|
Motu/kia
|
Separated, severed
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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SO.TAFA-QATA
|
Tahatiata
|
Dawn (n)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CE.TAATUA
|
Tatia
|
Belt
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CP.TIA.1B
|
Tia/tia
|
To lash
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
OC.FAQU.1
|
Whau/hianga
|
To affiance...to arrange a marriage
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
OC.FAQU.1
|
Whau/hia
|
To join up
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.SAU.7
|
Hau/hiake
|
Intense internal emotion
|
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Nukumanu
|
AN.FUNA.1A
|
Huuna ria
|
Hidden
|
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Nukumanu
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Hiri/hiri (pass. hirihiri ria)
|
Choose
|
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Takuu
|
SO.LAA-NUI
|
Haka/naanui
|
Receive a complex and especially significant ritual...
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Nukumanu
|
PN.TIALE
|
Tiare
|
Thorns
|
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Rarotongan
|
NP.SE.1
|
ʔE
|
Indefinite article...used essentially for nominal and nominalising predication...
|
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Nukumanu
|
MP.PIKI.1A
|
Haka/piki
|
Arrest (pass. hakapiki ria); hand over
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CC.SAKE.2
|
Hau/hiake
|
Intense internal emotion
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.HAFA.B
|
(K)aiaa
|
Why?
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.HAFA.B
|
Aieea, ʔia
|
Why?
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.HAFA.B
|
Aiia
|
Why?
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.SEE.1
|
Moe/he/he/tia
|
To walk in one's sleep
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
|
Beaten
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.FIHA.B
|
Toko/hia/hua
|
Few
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Nukumanu
|
PN.TUUGAKI
|
Tuunaki
|
Smoke signal from Nukutoa Island to mourners at Vaihare on Takuu Island that some calamity has occurred, requiring their immediate attention
|
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Tokelau
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SO.TILI.4
|
Tili/kia
|
Continue family line
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Tokelau
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PN.AMU
|
Amu/hia
|
Be laughed at, be victimised, be made fun of
|
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Tokelau
|
XW.FAKA-KAU
|
Fakakau/kau
|
Show favour to, be partial
|
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Samoan
|
NP.GUU.2
|
Gu
|
A dark coloured artificial flyhook
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
|
NP.KAFA-KAFA.*
|
Kafakafa
|
The tiny little diamond-scaled mullet, the young of the kafa
|
|
Tokelau
|
OC.KUPEGA
|
Kupega
|
Net (for fishing); special line made for noosing pelagic fish
|
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Tokelau
|
AN.LATA.1
|
Lata
|
Tame; used to, familiar with
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Tokelau
|
CE.REFU.3
|
Lefu/lefu
|
Name of a heavenly body associated with the traditional Tokelau month Vainoa (late August-early September) -- possibly the Magellanic clouds
Problematic
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Tokelau
|
PN.LIGO-LIGO
|
Ligoligo
|
Insect which makes a soft, high pitched sound, especially in the evening (probably cricket)
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Tokelau
|
NP.LOA.2
|
Loa
|
Immediately, at once (post-verbal particle)
|
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Tokelau
|
CP.LOLI
|
Loli
|
A small species of black sea-cucumber (beche-de-mer, Holothuria sp.)
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Tokelau
|
NP.LUA-KI
|
Luaki/na
|
(of an illness) Relapse, become worse after a partial recovery
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
|
PN.LUMA
|
Luma
|
Disgrace, shame, humiliation
|
|
Tokelau
|
EO.MATA-LIKI.B
|
Mataliki
|
The constellation of Pleiades
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Tokelau
|
NP.NANEA
|
Nanea
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(of food) Plentiful, enough to go round; also applied to food such as fish which have a high proportion of edible material in them
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Tokelau
|
PN.NAO
|
Nao
|
Kill (clam) by cutting off the tough cord which anchors it to the coral; extract the flesh (of a clam) by cutting off the cord which holds the two sides of the shell together; a special implement used for this
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