| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU.2
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Thau (trans. tau/lia)
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Hang (vi)
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Pukapuka
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang, suspend
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Rapa
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/ria te numu
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Cluster (?)
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Rapa
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Bananas (generic term)
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang, as clothes, wear, as a necklace
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Samoan
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang, as clothes on line, basked on hook etc.
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Hang (as clothes on a line, or fruit from a tree)
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Etre suspendu, pendre
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Takuu
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang, suspend
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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To hang (as a necklace on neck)
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Tongan
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau
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Hang v.t.
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau(tau)
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Depend, hand down
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU.2
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Tau/tau
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Suspendu
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Anuta
|
PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
|
Count, read
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Easter Island
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
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Contar, narrar
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Count, read
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.3
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Dau
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Count (things or people); read
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Emae
|
PN.TAU.3
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Taau/a
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Count, read
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Ta/tau/
|
Count
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Moriori
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Tau
|
Calculate . Count; equal (?)
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Marquesas
|
PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau. Te/tau (MQS)(Lch).
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Compter, conter, réciter. Lire, raconter, calculer (Lch).
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Nukuoro
|
PN.TAU.3
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Dau
|
Count, read
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Penrhyn
|
PN.TAU.3
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Ta/tau
|
Read, count
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Ta/tau
|
Count
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAU.3
|
Ta/tau
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Read, count
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Rennellese
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Tau
|
Count, enumerate
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Rotuman
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Tau
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Learn, study, practise, teach b.
Borrowed
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Samoan
|
PN.TAU.3
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Fai/tau
|
Count
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Tahitian
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Ta/tau
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To count or number
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Takuu
|
PN.TAU.3
|
T/tau
|
Count, enumerate; counting system, number
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Tikopia
|
PN.TAU.3
|
(Ta)tau
|
Count, reckon, measure
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Tuamotu
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Ta/tau
|
Describe, relate, recount
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West Futuna
|
PN.TAU.3
|
Tau-a
|
Count, add, read
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU.3
|
Tau-a
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Compter, nombrer; lire
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Anuta
|
PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
|
War
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East Futuna
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
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Guerre, être en guerre
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
|
Guerre, combat, bataille, armee
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.4
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Dau/dau
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To wrestle
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Niue
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau
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To fight, quarrel; war
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU.4
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Kau/kau
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Argument
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAU.4
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He/tau/aki
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Quarrel, have an argument
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Rotuman
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau
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To fight, of cocks only .
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
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To fight
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Takuu
|
PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
|
Fight (in a war); war, battle
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
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To fight, fight n., battle, war
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Tokelau
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
|
War
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Tongan
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PN.TAU.4
|
Tau
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Fight, war, wage war, army
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Anuta
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MP.TAU.5
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Tau/ranga
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Formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian; individual or group involved in such
Problematic
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Tuvalu
|
MP.TAU.5
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Tau
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Anchor, remain still (of school of fish)
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East Futuna
|
MP.TAU.5
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Tau
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Arrive, come to anchor. Accoster, être amarré; atteindre son but (Mfr).
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