| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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PN.OKO.1
|
Oko
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Gather or collect scattered items to be picked up one or a few at a time (e.g. shellfish, ripe coconuts, firewood)
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Takuu
|
PN.HOKO.2
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Oko
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Adductor muscle of a nakohu giant clam, which holds the two shells together at the base
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Takuu
|
PN.OMA.1
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Oma/oma
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(of a bird) Soar
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Takuu
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AN.QONE
|
One
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Sandspit, sand bar, sandy place on the reef (obs.); sandy flat area where the spirits of each clan reside
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Takuu
|
AN.ONO
|
Ono
|
Six
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Sikaiana
|
PN.QONO.2
|
Ono/ono
|
To tie or repair a torn net
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Takuu
|
NP.OLI.3
|
Oriori
|
Song type....
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Sikaiana
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FJ.OLO.3
|
Olo/olo
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Scrape or rub back and forth continuously, as rubbing tubers or fruit for grating flour
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Takuu
|
PN.OSI
|
Osi
|
Young shoot of a plant that has developed from a sucker of an old plant
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Sikaiana
|
SO.OSO
|
Oso
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To spill over the top, as water in a container
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Takuu
|
SO.OSO
|
Oso
|
(of liquid in a container) Overflow
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Sikaiana
|
EO.QOTA.2
|
Ota
|
Grated coconut bits; the dregs of any substance that are left over after juice has been extracted
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|
Luangiua
|
SO.OSO
|
ʔOso
|
Spill out
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Takuu
|
AN.QATO
|
Oto
|
Length of sennit cord long enough to attach one vertical row of thatch panels to a roof
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PAPA.1B
|
Papa
|
Big flat rocks found in the reef
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Sikaiana
|
AN.FAFA.1
|
Papa
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Carry a child on one's back
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
OC.PAE.1A
|
Pae
|
Pile, heap, elevated area; pile of clothing forming a baby's bed
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Takuu
|
EP.PAE-GA.B
|
Paena
|
Border areas of the community's garden on Takuu Island where men grow giant taro in individually prepared holes
Problematic
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Takuu
|
PN.PAKI.2
|
Paki
|
Men's dance using stylised wooden clubs; club used in this dance
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
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(of fruits and plants) To be injured by insects; a person who is always getting sick
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Takuu
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
|
Be lucky in finding plenty of what one is trying to get
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
MP.PAKU.B
|
(P)paku
|
Burnt; dried out from overcooking
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Takuu
|
MP.PAKU.D
|
Paku
|
Burnt, hard part of a food (e.g. rice); outer part of the core of a tree where the wood is dry and hard
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Takuu
|
NP.PAKU.C
|
P/paku
|
Indelible stain from the blood of a fish, turtle or human
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|
Takuu
|
PN.PAKUU.A
|
Pakuu
|
Strike against something creating a banging sound; run aground; arrive at a destination; rhythmic striking of paddles against a canoe hull to attract a shark
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Takuu
|
OC.PANI.1
|
Pani
|
Smear, as of a mark on the skin; paint face or body, apply turmeric markings to corpse
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Sikaiana
|
OC.PANI.1
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Pani/pani
|
To have many different colours
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Takuu
|
PN.PAOPAO
|
Paopao
|
One-man outrigger canoe (considered something of a toy)
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Takuu
|
CP.PAKI-PAKI
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Paa/paki
|
Poisonous jellyfish sp. with white body, red spots and dangling tendrils
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
PN.PALA.4
|
Paara/i
|
Paint, smear
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Takuu
|
OC.PALAGI
|
Parani
|
Blue-dotted Hairtooth Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) and other spp.
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Takuu
|
PN.PATA.3
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P/pata
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(of sand) Coarse; (of rain) having drops large enough to indent the skin.
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Sikaiana
|
AN.PATU.1A
|
P/patu
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Hit with the bottom of a closed fist
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Takuu
|
PN.PATU.2
|
Patu
|
(of coconut embryo) Firm
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Takuu
|
OC.PEQE
|
Pee
|
Break wind, fart (esp. audibly)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
OC.PEPE
|
Ppee
|
Generic term for butterfly, moths, hoppers
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Takuu
|
OC.PELA
|
Pela
|
Earth, soil, land which is muddy in times of heavy rain
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PENA.1B
|
Pena/pena
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Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections
|
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Sikaiana
|
OC.PENU.A
|
Penu
|
Shell of a shellfish; shell of fruit or nut; cover, wrapping, envelope; penu hale 'empty house'
|
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Takuu
|
NP.PESE.1
|
Pese
|
Song, anything sung (obs.)
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Takuu
|
PN.PEWA
|
Peva
|
Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis
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|
Takuu
|
SO.PIA.2B
|
Pia
|
Foam (on the ocean, coconut toddy, etc.)
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|
Takuu
|
MP.PIA.2A
|
Pia
|
Sediment
|
|
Fijian
|
MP.PIA.2A
|
Bia/bia
|
Sediment
|
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Takuu
|
EP.PIKI.1B
|
Piki
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Move along or climb hand-over-hand
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Sikaiana
|
MP.PIKI.1A
|
Piki
|
To roll together something using the fingers [exs cigarette, braided cord]
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
PN.PILO
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P/pilo
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Smell of excrement, stink, have excrement on s.t. or on one’s body
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PILI-PILI
|
Pilipili
|
An octopus
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Takuu
|
MP.PISI.1
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P/pisi
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(of water, etc.) Splash, spray, splatter; (of rain) fall in scattered droplets, sprinkle, spit accidentally while speaking
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Sikaiana
|
MP.PISI.1
|
P/pisi
|
To be spraying (of rain)
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