| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku/veku
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Dishevelled, uncombed (of hair)
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Tuamotu
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku
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Frayed; hair of armpit
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West Futuna
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku/veku. Vex/veku (Cpl).
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Almost drowned by rain
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.WEKU.1
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Vehka/vehka
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Wet, moist; to rub the hair
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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CK.WEKU.2
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Veku
|
Tear off, rip off, pull aside
|
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Easter Island
|
OC.WELA.A
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Vera
|
Conflagration, fire; to burn, fire, ignite, kindle, scorch
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East Futuna
|
OC.WELA.A
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Vela
|
Bruler (vi)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
OC.WELA.A
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Wera (pass. wera-ina)
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Burnt; burn (vt)
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Ifira-Mele
|
OC.WELA.A
|
Vera
|
Burn, be on fire
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Moriori
|
OC.WELA.A
|
Were
|
Fire
|
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Marquesas
|
OC.WELA.A
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Veʔa
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Incendié, brûlé, brûlant, détruit par le feu; cuit. Brûlant, chaud; cuire, incendier, brûler; inflammation, ébullition de sang (Lch).
|
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Nuguria
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OC.WELA.A
|
Vela (pl. v/vela)
|
Burn, be alight
|
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Luangiua
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OC.WELA.A
|
Vela
|
Burn (vi)
|
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Rapa
|
OC.WELA.A
|
Vera
|
To burn (vi)
|
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Samoan
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OC.WELA.A
|
Vela
|
Cooked, well cooked; to burn (as a house) (chiefly)
|
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Sikaiana
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OC.WELA.A
|
Vela
|
To be destroyed by fire
|
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Tahitian
|
OC.WELA.A
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Vera
|
Incendie; brulant; bruler. Fire, a general conflagration...; burnt, scalded, scorched; cooked or hot, applied to food (Dvs).
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Tongan
|
OC.WELA.A
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Vela-sia
|
Burnt
|
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Easter Island
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Vera
|
Hot (non-environmental)
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Wele
|
Hot (fire)
|
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Marquesas
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Veʔa
|
Chaud, incandescent. Brûlant, hot (Atl).
|
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Mangareva
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Vera
|
Hot, burning, stinging. Etre cuisant, brulant, âpre, piquant (se did du feu, de ce qui est chaud, des maux, des douleurs) (Rch).
|
|
Luangiua
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Vela
|
Hot, heat. Hot (of things and persons) (Hbn).
|
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Tahitian
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Vera
|
Hot, very warm, feverish
|
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Tikopia
|
OC.WELA.B
|
Vera
|
Hot, very warm; heat, hot period
|
|
Tuvalu
|
FJ.WELE
|
Wele
|
Weed with a knife; shave
|
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Fijian
|
FJ.WELE
|
Were
|
Garden, field, plantation
|
|
Marquesas
|
FJ.WELE
|
Veʔe/veʔe
|
Peel, scrape. Racler, peler (des fruits crus).
|
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Mangareva
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vere
|
Sarcler; sarcloir. To weed (Tgr).
|
|
Nuguria
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vere/na
|
Cultivate; unfruitful
|
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Samoan
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vele
|
Weed with fingers
|
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Takuu
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vere
|
Weed, cultivate, garden, cut grass, clear vegetation
|
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Tokelau
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vele
|
To clear by pulling out weeds, chopping down trees
|
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Tuamotu
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vere
|
To clear-, cultivate- land (Stn)
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.WELE
|
Vere
|
Garden, to dig. Work, duty [Aniwa Dialect].
|
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Tuvalu
|
LO.WELETI
|
Oolesi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
|
East Uvea
|
LO.WELETI
|
Leosi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
|
Fijian
|
LO.WELETI
|
Weleti
|
Papaw
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
LO.WELETI
|
Lesi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
|
Samoan
|
LO.WELETI
|
Esi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
|
Tokelau
|
LO.WELETI
|
Ehi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
|
Tongan
|
LO.WELETI
|
Oliji
|
Papaw (Ldn)
|
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Luangiua
|
NO.WELEWELE.*
|
Velevele
|
Spider
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.WELEWELE.*
|
Velevele
|
Spider
|
|
Takuu
|
NO.WELEWELE.*
|
Verevere
|
Spider, spider web
|
|
Easter Island
|
EP.WERE-WERE.A*
|
Vere(vere)
|
Beard, down, hair
|
|
Easter Island
|
EP.WERE-WERE.A*
|
Verevere
|
Hairy, shaggy; tow, oakum
|
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Hawaiian
|
EP.WERE-WERE.A*
|
Wele
|
Fine, thin (as thread)
|
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Hawaiian
|
EP.WERE-WERE.A*
|
Welewele
|
Suspended, hanging (Pki>
|
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Penrhyn
|
EP.WERE-WERE.A*
|
Verevere
|
Tassels; edge of mantle of Tridacna shell, something like short spines
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