| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
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Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
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Tuamotu
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PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
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A whitish fish
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West Uvea
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PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
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Poisson: barbillon (Mullidés)
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Easter Island
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CE.WEU.1
|
Veu
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Roots of certain plants (kuumara, yam)
Problematic
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East Futuna
|
CE.WEU.1
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Veuveu
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To fringe, make a fringe on material
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.WEU.1
|
Weu
|
Fibre, rootlet; single hair; tuft of hair used ritually
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Penrhyn
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CE.WEU.1
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Veu
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Tassel-decoration, loose ends for fans and hats
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CE.WEU.1
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Ve/veu
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Torn edge of something, worn out piece or rand [sic] of something
Problematic
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Pukapuka
|
CE.WEU.1
|
Veu/veu
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An end that sticks out of plaiting
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Tahitian
|
CE.WEU.1
|
Veu
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Downy hair, a woolly kind of hair, a sort of fringe on the border of a garment; the downy hair of a dog; to have a downy or shaggy border
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Tuvalu
|
SO.VEVE
|
Veve
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Wilt, fade (of leaves in the heat)
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East Futuna
|
SO.VEVE
|
Veve
|
Mat placed over food in oven.
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Rennellese
|
SO.VEVE
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Bebe
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Torn, tattered, old and dirty (as clothes or mats); tattered fragment, rubbish, trash, decayed matter (aas leaves)
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Tokelau
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SO.VEVE
|
Veve
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Leaves used in previous oven directly above food, now used as outer layer
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Tuvalu
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
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Wilt, fade (of leaves)
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East Futuna
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
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Mats covering food in earth oven
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East Uvea
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Dust, sweepings, small fragments, remains
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Niue
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Rubbish
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Niue
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve/veve
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Fruit left on a tree because it is out of reach
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Pukapuka
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Lau/veve
|
Scraps of Pandanus left over from mat-making
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Rennellese
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Bebe
|
Torn, tattered, old and dirty (clothes, mats), rubbish, trash, decayed matter
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Rotuman
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Wrinkle; wrinkled, puckered
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Tikopia
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Outside leaves, outer skin, husk
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Tokelau
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Topmost covering of an oven, usually leaves; property of a poor person
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Tongan
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Rubbish, litter, garbage, refuse
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New Zealand Maori
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Weiweia
|
Of low degree
Problematic
|
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Marquesas
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Destitute. Pauvre, pauvreté (Lch).
Borrowed
|
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Mangareva
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Destitute (I)
|
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Penrhyn
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Destitute
|
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Rarotongan
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Poor, short of, indigent
|
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Tuamotu
|
EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Poor, poverty stricken
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Anuta
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevera
|
Hot, feverish, fever
|
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Tuvalu
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vvela
|
Hot, burning hot, heat
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East Futuna
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevela
|
Être chaud, faire chaud; chaleur
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Samoan
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevela
|
(of sun, fire, etc.) Hot
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Takuu
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vvela
|
Hot, (of the sun) very hot; heat, heat blister, state of feeling uncomfortably hot
|
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Tokelau
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevela
|
Hot; have a high temperature
|
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Tongan
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevela
|
Hot (of the sun); sting (as from being smacked or bitten by wasp)
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Anuta
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Sour or bitter (as *ma* or beer)
|
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Tuvalu
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Fermented (of food); sour; stage in fermentation of kaleve [toddy] when it has not yet reached the drinkable kamagii stage
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.WII.B
|
Wii
|
Sour, overripe
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Niue
|
PN.WII.B
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Vivii
|
Intensive used with kona (bitter). (Teeth) on edge; irritated, acrid (Sph).
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Nukuoro
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PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Fermented, spoiled of food left too long
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Rotten, sour
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
To curdle, sour (of coconut cream or milk). Stale (Mta).
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Rennellese
|
PN.WII.B
|
Bii
|
Tart, acid, sour
|
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Samoan
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii/vii
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Stink greatly
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
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Sour, as of a lemon
|
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Takuu
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
(of coconut toddy) Fermented; (of water) stagnant and bad-smelling
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Tikopia
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
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Sour, acid, as lemon juice
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