| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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??.MOKA.2
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Yii/moka/moka
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Completely finish off, destroy
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Pukapuka
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MP.MUU.2
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Muu/longalonga
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Fish sp. Yellowspot Emperor Gnathodentex aurolineatus
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Pukapuka
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PN.MUKA.2
|
Muka/lele
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Very white
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Pukapuka
|
TA.MURA
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Mu/mula
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To burn, singe. Glowing red, flaming red (in chants) (Sby).
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
|
MP.MURI.1A
|
Muli
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Behind, last
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Pukapuka
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PN.MURI.1B
|
Muli
|
Back
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Pukapuka
|
CE.MUTU.1C
|
Mutu
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Become silent, cease speaking
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Sikaiana
|
SO.NI.2
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Ni
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Indefinite article: some
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Pukapuka
|
EP.NO
|
Noo
|
Belonging to, of, from
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Pukapuka
|
PN.OO.1
|
Woo
|
Tiny reef fish on which bonito feed, Caesio spp.
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Niue
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muka/muka
|
To have multiple new growth
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East Futuna
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muko/muko
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Bourgeonner beaucoup; jeunes feuilles d'un arbre
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Samoan
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muʔa/muʔa
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(of trees, young person) Green, immature
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Tuvalu
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PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muka
|
Knob on distal end of paddle
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
|
NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muko/muko
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Coconut in sixth stage of growth; the edible flesh inside the mesocarp of the nut at the point of attachment of stalk to nut
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Nukuoro
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NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muga/muga
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First stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa
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Takuu
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NP.MUKA.1B
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(Hui) muka/muka
|
Third stage of coconut growth (small inedible fruit)
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Marquesas
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muko
|
Haut d'une plante, d'un arbre, sommet d'une branche; bouton d'une plante. Tige, stem [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Marquesas
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muʔo/muʔo
|
Gras, plein d'embonpoint, bouffi, potelé
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Tahitian
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PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muo/o
|
Taro shoots used for planting
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tuamotu
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NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muko/niu
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The soft, newly formed flesh of the young coconut
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Pukapuka
|
PN.PAE-GA.A
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Paenga
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Prepared sennit fibre; place where it is buried in mud; the contents of the mound
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Pukapuka
|
EP.PASII
|
Payii
|
Boat, ship
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Pukapuka
|
TA.PATA.4
|
Pata
|
Flick a marble, tap with finger
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Sikaiana
|
MP.POA.1
|
P/poa
|
To smell of fish
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Bolobolo
|
Basket variety (made from green coconut leaves)
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Luangiua
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Polapola
|
Big bags for oven food
|
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Nuguria
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Porapora
|
Rubbish basket
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.POLA-POLA
|
Polapola
|
Simple basket made for short time use. Large simple oval basket for copra (Lch).
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Pukapuka
|
CE.POO-RUTU
|
Poolutu/lutu
|
To rain heavily
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Pukapuka
|
CE.PONO.2
|
Waka/pono
|
To promise
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Pukapuka
|
EP.POO-TAKA
|
Pooteka
|
Spinning top
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Taupotu
|
House ridge. Ridgepole of a house (Sby).
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
|
SO.PUU.3
|
Puu (te imu)
|
Prepare and light oven
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Pukapuka
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Pulu/pulu
|
Grab, hold in the arms
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Pukapuka
|
CE.PUNA-RUA
|
Punalua
|
Second marriage and offspring
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.SAQA.2
|
Yaa-
|
Prefix before several names of patrilineages and their associated cemeteries
|
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Sikaiana
|
MP.SAKA.1
|
Saka
|
Type of song composed for secret lovers {hina} or to insult the opposite sex...
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Pukapuka
|
PN.SAU.7
|
Yau/yau nunui
|
Benevolent
|
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Pukapuka
|
CE.SIGA.B
|
Yinga
|
To be thrown down in wrestling, hence defeated
|
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Tongan
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Taʔopatu
|
A certain part of the roof timbers of a Tongan house
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Taopatu
|
Ridgepole of a house (= taofufu)
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Nukuoro
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Dao badu
|
Ridge pole (upper)
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Taupatu
|
Top covering of the ridge of a house, woven of green coconut fronds
|
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Marquesas
|
MQ.KATIRU.*
|
Car te u
|
Wild Cucumber
|
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Niue
|
PN.QATIU
|
Atiu
|
A cucumber-like plant (Cucumis anguria)
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Tongan
|
PN.QATIU
|
Ajiu
|
Cucumis melo, an aboriginal melon, rare or now lost from Tonga (Rabone, 1845, Baker, 1897)
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Rennellese
|
PN.QATIU
|
ʔAatiu
|
A rare vine, Cucumis melo L. (fruits eaten raw or cooked)
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Luangiua
|
SO.KATA.3
|
Aka
|
Fish sp., brown mottled with reddish fins
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Tikopia
|
XO.IKA-TAPU
|
Ikatapu
|
Jack (Caranx sp., prob. C.melampygus)...
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