| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Emae
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakisi
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Very dry
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Marquesas
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakihi
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(Of tobacco eaten up by caterpillars)
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Hawaiian
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Paʔihi
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Clear, bright, cloudless
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakihi
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Dried up; at lowest ebb
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Penrhyn
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Tara o te tua
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Dorsal fins
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Marquesas
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Taʔatua (MQN-Atl)
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Nageoire dorsale des poissons
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Hawaiian
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Kala kua
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Sharp horn on dorsal fin
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Tikopia
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Tara a tua o te ika
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Spine of dorsal fin of fish
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East Futuna
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Talaa tuʔa
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Nageoire dorsale (poisson)
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East Uvea
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Talatuʔa
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Nageoire dorsale, dos du poisson
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Tongan
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Talatuʔa
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Spikes, or fins with sharp spikes, on the backs of certain fish
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Emae
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SO.TUGAKI
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Tungeki
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Hocher la tête (une fois)
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Emae
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PN.TU-TUQU
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Tutuu
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Porpoise, dolphin
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Emae
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XW.UKA-MEA
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Ukamea
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Iron, scrap metal (?)
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Emae
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CP.WASA
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(A)vatavata
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Horizon
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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SO.VILIVILI
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Faka/vilivili
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Se dépêcher
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Emae
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OC.WISI
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Visi/a
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Prendre au collet
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Emae
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PN.QUHI.1
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Wii
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Question particle; or
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Tongan
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FJ.QASA
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Aʔa(aʔa)
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Wade (through water or grass or dry leaves or branches etc.); push one’s way (more or less disrespectfully) through a crowd….
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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FJ.QASA
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Aʔa
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Guéer, passer dans l’eau; fatigant, ennuyeux, importun
Borrowed
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Tuvalu
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FJ.QASA
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A/asa
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Move quickly, wade, go through bush
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Tokelau
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FJ.QASA
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A/aha
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Wade through water; make one’s way through bush; come through difficulties
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East Uvea
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Ahaga
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Passage de la mer où l’on peut guéer d’une terre à l’autre, isthme
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Samoan
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aasaga
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Ford or fording place
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Tokelau
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aahaga
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Reef space between two islets on an atoll
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Pukapuka
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aayanga
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Name for the whole barrier reef, considered as a reef
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Pukapuka
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aayanga
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Name for the unbroken stretch of built-up reef on eastern (windward) side of atoll, stretching between motu (islets)
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Nukuoro
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aasaga
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A watercourse between islets on the atoll
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Mangareva
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aaʔanga
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Taro patch, section of taro swamp (surrounded by embankments)
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Pukapuka
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Aayanga/yanga
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Roomy, spacious
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Tuamotu
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Ahaŋa
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The high seas, far-away seas; the distant ocean expanse
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Penrhyn
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Aasanga
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To be far away (vaguely); distant land
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Takuu
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OC.A
|
A
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Name marker for singular personal pronouns and names of humans and spirits, but not canoes.
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Takuu
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EC.AA.1
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Aa-
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Prefix indicating direction towards something
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.AFAGA
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Ahana
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Formerly the space between the lagoon foreshore and the first row of houses; front yard, where canoes are kept
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Takuu
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MP.AFE.1A
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Ahe
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Return; go/come back immediately; turn away from something (as a school of fish from a net)
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Takuu
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AN.AFI.1
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Ahi
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Fire; flame; ember used to light cigarette
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Takuu
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PN.QAFII
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Ahii
|
Wrap a seafood parcel (prior to placing it in an earth oven)...
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Takuu
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AN.AFIAFI
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Ahiahi
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Late afternoon, evening, when the sun is half-set
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Takuu
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OC.QAFI-GA
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Ahina
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Armpit
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Takuu
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FJ.QAFA.1
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Aho
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Net gauge, spacing guide used in net construction
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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MP.AFO
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Aho
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Fishing line
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Takuu
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EO.QAFU.2
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Ahu
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Heap something into a pile
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Takuu
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PN.QAAFUA
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Aahua
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Shoal, rocks near reef exposed at low tide; long, straight finger of rock which was once part of the land
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Takuu
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NP.QAFULU
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Ahuru
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Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.)
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Takuu
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OC.HAKAU
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Akau
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The coral reef, exposed at low tide, which encircles Takuu...; isolated coral head in lagoon
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Takuu
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EO.HAMA
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Ama
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Outrigger float or outrigger side of a canoe
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Takuu
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PN.AMO.1B
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Amu
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Roll coconut husk fibres on the thigh for braiding into sennit
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Takuu
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PN.HAGA.2
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Ana
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(of trees etc.) Bend slightly
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Takuu
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PN.-AGA.3
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-Ana
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Particle creating nominalisations referring to location of, occasion of, incident of, state of something identified in verb root
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