| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.WIIWII
|
Viivii
|
Grasshopper
|
|
Tokelau
|
NP.WIIWII
|
Aa/viivii
|
An insect found only in Samoa
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.WIIWII
|
Viivii
|
Dragonfly, grasshopper
|
|
Tuvalu
|
??.VIVITAI
|
Vivitai
|
Bird sp. related to the tuli (plover). Wandering tattler (Besnier)
|
|
Sikaiana
|
??.VIVITAI
|
Viiviitai
|
A bird species
|
|
Marquesas
|
CE.WIWO
|
Vivo
|
Flute. Perçant, aigu (Lch). Flûte nasale (nose-flute) (Atl).
|
|
Penrhyn
|
CE.WIWO
|
Vivo
|
To whistle ; blow with mouth
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.WIWO
|
Viivoo
|
Leaflet Jew's harp, toy
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CE.WIWO
|
Vivo
|
A flute
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.WIWO
|
Vivo
|
Flute, autrefois flute nasale. The Tahitian nasal flute (Dvs).
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.WIWO
|
Viivoo
|
The nose flute
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.WIWO
|
Vivo
|
Leaflet Jew's harp
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
OC.TIKA.A
|
Tika.
|
Javelin, dart, spear (used in sport of taa-tika)
|
|
Samoan
|
XW.FAKA-IKU
|
Faʔaiʔu
|
The ending
|
|
Tikopia
|
NP.MUI
|
Mui.
|
Crowd in .
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MA-FAKI
|
Mahagi
|
Broken off, twisted off
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.KAPA-KAU
|
ʔApaʔau
|
Wing
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.UQU
|
Uu (pass. uu/tia)
|
Hold fast, grip (like a vise); bite on, sting (of insects)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.RUFI.2
|
Ruhi
|
Weak, languid, exhausted, spent
|
|
Rarotongan
|
OC.MANA.1
|
Mana
|
Have authority and the rights and prestige it confers
|
|
Rarotongan
|
MP.POA.1
|
Poa
|
Fishy (smell or taste); scales, rust
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.WAA.2
|
Vaa
|
Gap, intervening space or distance; period of time, interval
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
MP.NIU.1
|
Nii
|
Coconut
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CE.PUROTU
|
Purotu
|
Pleasant, pleasing, agreeable
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.FAKI
|
Paki
|
To harvest fruits or vegetables growing above the ground
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
AN.FUTI.2
|
Fuji
|
Banana, generic
|
|
Emae
|
PN.KUPU.1A
|
Kupu
|
Joint (in bamboo or sugarcane), section
|
|
Emae
|
MP.MUTU.1A
|
Mutu/kia
|
To break something
|
|
Tikopia
|
EO.KALAE
|
Karae
|
Purple swamp hen (Porphyrio p.)
|
|
Mangareva
|
NP.WATA
|
Vatavata
|
Terrain inégal, raboteux, pierreux
|
|
Tokelau
|
CP.PUUPUU.1
|
Puupuu
|
Rinse (the mouth)
|
|
Sa'a
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Maa/lau
|
Air, firmament (Ivs)
|
|
Rennellese
|
OC.GATA.1A
|
Ngata
|
Pacific Boa (Enygrus carinatus); general term for snakes...
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.FE-
|
Fe-
|
The so-called reciprocal prefix...
|
|
Hawaiian
|
AN.KAI.1A
|
ʔAi
|
To eat; food or food plant, especially vegetable food (as distinguished from *i'a*, meat or fleshy food); often...refers specifically to *poi*.
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KALAGA
|
Kalanga
|
To shout, speak at the top of one's voice
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.KASOA
|
Kasoa
|
Collier
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.KULA.1B
|
Kura
|
Red-plumaged bird
|
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.KUMI.1
|
Gumi
|
A measurement by tens of fathoms
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.ISE.1
|
Ise
|
Fish sp., piper
|
|
Fijian
|
PN.LOLO.1A
|
Lolo
|
The milk squeezed out from scraped coconut
|
|
Rapa
|
MP.POGI-POGI
|
Popongi
|
Morning
|
|
Nggela
|
OC.TEFE
|
Teve
|
Cut out a piece of flesh; flay
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.QUFI.2
|
ʔUfi
|
Kind of shellfish
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.POGA.1
|
Panga
|
Native tree ferns (Cyathea spp.)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Fijian
|
CP.LOGO-LOGO
|
Logologo
|
Fern sp. (Cpl); (Cycas rumphii) (Ryan 1988:140)
|
|
Niue
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Pulaka
|
Xanthosoma violaceum, a plant similar to taro, with thick tuberous edible rhizome (Sph)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Pulaka
|
Elephant ear taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) (Rby)
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KAU-QULI
|
Kookauʔuli
|
Niua name of the ngatata (Alectryon sp.)
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.KAU-QULI
|
Kaukaʔuli
|
(Diospyros samoensis)
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