| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.FAKA-TUPU.B
|
Huatupu/lia
|
Fulfill, create
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.FAKA-TUPU.C
|
Fakatupu/ria
|
Pile up, heap, gather together
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.FAKA-TUPU.C
|
Fagatupu/lia
|
Entasser, ramasser dans un tas
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KINI.2A
|
Kiri/jia
|
To hit, pound; to bang into. Fouetter; battre la bourre avant de faire ficelle (Rve).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.MATE.1C
|
Mate/ia
|
To long for, to be dying for a thing
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.FAKA-MATA.1
|
Hakamata-ina, -ria
|
Sharpen something to a point
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.FAKA-MATA.1
|
Huamda/ka/hia
|
Sharpen
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Hiti
|
Black people (Melanesian and Bougainville people)
|
|
Nuguria
|
EO.TAPA.1C
|
Tapa/taiao
|
Morning
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TIQAKI
|
Tiake
|
Remain, stay (behind); be abandoned, left behind
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.TUQU-TA
|
Tuʔuta
|
Overlap of niaki or rows of thatch panels in a house
|
|
Toqabaqita
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Ngatu/fia
|
(Of dog etc.) snap at, as if to bite
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.SOGO
|
ʔOngoʔongo
|
Stink (especially of the stench of urine and similar fetid odours)
|
|
Rennellese
|
NP.QALA-QALA
|
ʔAgaʔaga
|
To shout, dance, pray, as while carving a canoe or to alleviate the pain of one being tattooed and to keep him from fainting
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.ALA-FIA
|
Alafia
|
(of a woman) To be married; not to be a virgin
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.ALA-FIA
|
Alafia
|
To perceive (the underlying cause, or hidden meaning)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.ALA-FIA
|
Alafia
|
To be hurt by joining in another’s quarrel, or through one’s own fault
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.LAWE.2A
|
Faʔa/lave/lave
|
Important occasion; accident, danger, trouble (anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity)
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MAALOSI
|
Ivi maalosi
|
Tibia
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.TATAA
|
Manava tataa
|
Diarrhoea
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.TONA.1
|
Tona/tona/a/feʔe
|
One kind of wart. Kind of pimple or wart on a limb swollen by elephantiasis.
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MILO.2A
|
Milo/sia
|
Strained (tendon)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.QAMO-GA
|
Amonga (= amoranga)
|
The heart of one clain in battle, or other sacred food for conciliating an atua
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Fetuu afiafi
|
Venus, Evening Star
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
ʔEetuu aʔiaʔi
|
Evening star
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Hookuu ahiahi
|
Evening star (possibly a generic term)
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Hetuu-ahiahi
|
Evening star (Handy 1923)
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Hetuʔu ahiahi
|
Lucero de la tarde
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.MULIFAA
|
Miria
|
A month name marked by the star Tautoru (Buck 1932)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.TUQU.3A
|
Kuu
|
Abruptly, rudely, defiantly, unceremoniously, without observance of taboos or niceties, brusque
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MA-LAGA.2
|
Malanga
|
Ambassador or official representative of one tribe to another
|
|
Tongan
|
AN.IA.1
|
I´a. A/ia.
|
The pronoun he; also the possessive pronoun his.
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.QANA-NAFI
|
Aniafi
|
Yesterday
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.QAO.1
|
Aˈoochia
|
To grow cloudy
|
|
Niue
|
TO.MEQE
|
Mee
|
An organised traditional dancing or singing party or performance for a special function
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.PUA.1A
|
Booa
|
A kind of flower resembling the Jiali, but yellow
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.PUTU.2
|
Bootoo
|
Burial ceremony
|
|
Tongan
|
FJ.KALIA
|
Calia
|
A double sailing canoe
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KANAGA
|
Cananga
|
Any phrase, proverbial expression; cant word
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KAPA.1
|
Capa/chia
|
To assault, to besiege
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.TIQAKI
|
Chiagi
|
To throw away, to leave, to separate from a wife or husband, to divorce
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KO-IA
|
Coia
|
Well done! that's right! truly
|
|
Tongan
|
MP.IA.2
|
Co/ia
|
That (relative pronoun)
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KOTE
|
Cote
|
Gibberish, jargon, chattering of birds; the speech of foreigners [including Fijians but not Samoans]
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.FAQA.3
|
Haʔa/sia
|
To be cut, as feet on coral or stone
|
|
Tongan
|
CP.FIA-
|
Fia
|
Want, being without; to want, to desire to be, or to have
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.FIA-FIA
|
Fia-fia
|
Delight, gladness, joy; pleased, delighted; conceit or pride arising from rank, abilities, extraordinary actions, &c.
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.FIA-KAI
|
Fia-ky
|
Hunger, hungry
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.FIU
|
Fioo
|
To satiate, to have enough of; satisfied, tired of
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.FAU.B
|
Fau
|
Fibre from the bark of the giant hibiscus...used for squeezing or wringing...
|
