| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Luangiua
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PN.TATAU.3
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Kau/aŋa
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Fibres for squeezing coconut meat
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Penrhyn
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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Strain, squeeze
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tau/ia
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Wring out (coconut milk from grated copra, water from wet clothes, etc.), squeeze
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Pukapuka
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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Wring out, express
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Rarotongan
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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To squeeze, crush or press
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Rennellese
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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Wring out, express, as coconut cream
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Rotuman
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PN.TATAU.3
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Fau
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Cover; suppress (Evil)
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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Wring clothes, press to extract juice
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Sikaiana
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PN.TATAU.3
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Ttau
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Squeeze and twist, as in wringing out a rag, or making coconut oil from grated coconut
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Takuu
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PN.TATAU.3
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Ttau
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Wring or squeeze something to express a liquid
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Tongan
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tatau
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Wring clothes, express liquid, to milk
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Tuamotu
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tau
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Press down in, or soak in water; wet, moist
Problematic
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.-TA-TOU
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Tadau
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Our (first person trial inclusive, plural goal)
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Tongan
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NP.-TA-TOU
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Tau
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First person inclusive plural possessive suffix
Problematic
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Emae
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NP.TAA-TOU
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Taatou, taatau
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We (inc.)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.TAA-TOU
|
Taatau
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First person inclusive plural pronoun [Eastern Maori Dialect]
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Moriori
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NP.TAA-TOU
|
Tatau
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Ourselves
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Mangareva
|
CE.TAATUA
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Tatua
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A girdle. Pagne; se mettre quelque chose autour des reins (Rch).
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Easter Island
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau(tau)
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Beautiful, elegant, handsome, precious
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Futuna
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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Etre d'accord, convenir de.., etre proportionée
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Fijian
|
FJ.TAU.1
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Dau
|
Habitually
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New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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Be able; suitable
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Moriori
|
FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
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(It is) fit, right
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Moriori
|
FJ.TAU.1
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Tau/nga
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To be accustomed
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Pukapuka
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FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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To fit, look nice
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Rarotongan
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FJ.TAU.1
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Tau
|
To be suitable, befit, able, to be possible
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Rotuman
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FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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Fit, be of right size; becoming, appropriate, suitable
Problematic
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Samoan
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
|
Habitual action
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Sikaiana
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
|
Be capable enough
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Takuu
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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Equal to a task; able to do something; enough, sufficient; (of clothes) fit
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Tikopia
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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Be accustomed, used to; adapt; fit
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Tongan
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FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
|
Skill that one is accustomed to do
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West Futuna
|
FJ.TAU.1
|
Tau
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Follow in the ways of, take after, learn from
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Easter Island
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau(tau)
|
To hang, suspend
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hanging
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East Futuna
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PN.TAU.2
|
Tau
|
Hang (e.g. washing on line)
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU.2
|
Tautau
|
Pendre; suspendre
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU.2
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Kau
|
Hang, suspend, perch, rest
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.2
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Dau
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To hang up (as mats as wind-screens)
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Emae
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Rest on, hang
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang suspended; tie in bunches; thread on string
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Loop of cord attaching a club to the wrist; cord handle of a basket
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
|
V.i. hang
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Moriori
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PN.TAU.2
|
Tau
|
Line, string, cord
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Moriori
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PN.TAU.2
|
Tau/tau
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Cluster, bunch
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Marquesas
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PN.TAU.2
|
Tau/tau
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Suspendu, suspendre. Suspendre un objet (Lch). Anse (de panier); handle (of basket) (Atl).
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Niue
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang up, suspend
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAU.2
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Dau balabala
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Slack (of rope)
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU.2
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Kau
|
Wear
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Penrhyn
|
PN.TAU.2
|
Tau/tau
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Hang down, be hanging
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