| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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NP.WAASI
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Vasi
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Half, part, side, region, area
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Takuu
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku
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(of cooked food) Shred; wring (one’s hands) with sand to remove an unpleasant smell; rinse (of clothes, but not the body)
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Takuu
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OC.WELA.A
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Vela
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Burnt, burning, on fire
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Takuu
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CP.SAWINI
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(Haka)vini
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To whistle; insect species that makes a noise at night but cannot be seen
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Sikaiana
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CP.SAWINI
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Vini
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To whistle
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Takuu
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PN.WELO.1
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V/voro
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Stab through, hurl (a stick or spear)
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.WELO.1
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V/volo
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To spear (a person or an animal); to push out, as pushing a canoe out to sea
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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CP.FUSI.1
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Vusi
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Cultivated area on Takuu Island
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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OC.WELA.A
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Vela
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To be on fire, to catch fire; to burn, be burning; to be burnt; to be scorched or scalded; burning fire, conflagration, bush fire
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Tikopia
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OC.WE-WELA
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Vevera
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Quite hot
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Anuta
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OC.WELA.B
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(Ve)vera
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Hot; feverish, fever
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Mangareva
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OC.WELA.A
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Vera
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Incendie, feu à grandes flammes; être cuisant, brûlant, âpre, piquant (se dit du feu, de ce qui est chaud, des maux, des douleurs); douleur aïgue
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Moriori
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OC.WELA.B
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Were/were
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Perspiration
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Nuguria
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OC.WELA.B
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Vela/vela
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Heiss
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Fijian
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FJ.WALE.3
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Wale
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Not worth while, very ordinary, very easy, tired; only, merely
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Samoan
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vale
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Worthless; unproductive (of land); needless; inactive
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Tokelau
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vale
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Of no avail, futile, worthless, unproductive; (useless, meaningless)
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Tikopia
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vare
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Silly, trivial
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Tikopia
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vare/vare
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General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status)
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Hawaiian
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FJ.WALE.3
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Wale
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Postposed particle: only, just, very; alone; without payment, cause or reason; gratuitous, free, casual
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.WALE.3
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Ware
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Mean, low in social position
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Takuu
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vare
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Ordinary, plain, common, not special; as usual, normally, without any special property or incident (usually followed by koi);
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Waya
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FJ.WALE.3
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Wale
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Merely, without reason
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.WALE-A.B
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Warea
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Be rendered unconscious; be absorbed, occupied, have the attention diverted
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Tahitian
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CE.WALE-A.B
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Varea
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To be drowsy, overtaken with sleep
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Hawaiian
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CE.WALE-A.B
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Walea
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(= nanea) Of absorbing interest...fascinating...leisure, tranquility; relaxed, at ease...engaged with, busy with...
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Pukapuka
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CE.WALE-A.B
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Valea
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Enjoy, get supreme pleasure or satisfaction (particularly from abundant food or from sex)
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Tuvalu
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PN.WALE.2
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Vale
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Drunk; fool, idiot, lunatic, retarded person
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Tuvalu
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vale
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In vain, worthless, futile
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Rarotongan
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OC.POLO.1
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Poro/poro
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Black nightshade (Solanum americanum)
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Pukapuka
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CE.ARI
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Aalia
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Wait a minute!
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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CE.ARI
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Ka/alia
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Wait a minute!
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Pukapuka
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AN.AMO.1A
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Omo/yi
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Rub, smear
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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AN.AMO.1A
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Amo/si
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To rub a body part, to massage
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Pukapuka
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EP.AO.4
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Te ao nei
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This world
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Pukapuka
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NP.QAO.3
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Ao
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Successful at something, e.g. diving deeply
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Pukapuka
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FJ.QAOGA
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Aonga/a
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Suitable, useful
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Luangiua
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AN.QUGA
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Uŋa. ʔUga (Sar).
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Hermit crab
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Luangiua
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PN.TALIELIE
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Ua/kalealia
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Big sea crab
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Sikaiana
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FJ.KAUA
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Kau he
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Negative imperative: do not!
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Pukapuka
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PN.QAU-HULU
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Auyulu
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Prune, cut off all the leaves of the Hernandia tree
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Pukapuka
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TA.EE-IA
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Eia
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Here they are; narrative marker: so, then
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Pukapuka
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AN.IA.3
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E/ia
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Narrative marker: so, then
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Pukapuka
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AN.IA.4
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E/ia laa
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At last!
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Pukapuka
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EP.WEWE.B
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Veve
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Worn out, exhausted (resources), as of poor people; poor, destitute
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Sikaiana
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AN.FAQA.1
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Haa
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Stalk of plant, branch of green coconut leaf {niu}, uncultivated swamp taro {kapulaka}, cultivated swamp taro {haahaa}, and sago {koko}
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAQELE
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Waaele
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Mother with newborn child
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Pukapuka
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NP.FAAILU.*
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Waailu
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Wipe after defecating
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Pukapuka
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OC.FAAFINE
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Waawine
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Women
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Pukapuka
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CE.FAAGAI.B
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Tama waangai
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Foster child
Borrowed
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