| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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A bed; coconut leaf matting
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West Futuna
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PN.POKI.1
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Poh/poki-a.
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To wash [clothes], scrub, pound; to clap
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West Futuna
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PN.POLATA
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Prata (ANI)
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Target
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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NP.PULA.3
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Pula
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Red snapper. Fish sp. (Cpl).
Phonologically Irregular
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Rennellese
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SO.SEPE
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Sepe
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To cut or trim, as a small stick or vine
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Takuu
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SO.SEPE
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S/sepe
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Cut or sever (as with a machete)
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Sikaiana
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SO.SEPE
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S/sepe
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To cut thinly to make something even, as when joining two pieces of wood or cutting a shoot of a coconut tree to collect coconut sap
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Tikopia
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SO.SEPE
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Sepe
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Cut, sever, slice (as with knife)
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Anuta
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SO.SEPE
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Tepe
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To skin something with a knife
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Tuvalu
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SO.SEPE
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Sepe
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To cut with a bush knife
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Luangiua
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PN.SEKE.1A
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Seʔe
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Discard
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
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FJ.TUGU.2
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Tungu
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Cleft in a rock or tree where rain water collects
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Waya
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FJ.TUGU.2
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Tugu
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Residual pools of water in a dry creek or on a reef flat at low tide; hole cut in a tree to catch water for drinking
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Luangiua
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NO.SUGU
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Suŋu
|
Smell; sniff
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Takuu
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NO.SUGU
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Sunu
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Smell something
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Sikaiana
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NO.SUGU
|
Sunu
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To smell something
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Nukuoro
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NO.SUGU
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Dungu
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Smell (something)
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West Futuna
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XO.PULAU.*
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Purau
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To decay, rot; putrid. Puer (Rve).
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West Futuna
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SO.PULI
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Puri-a
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To wrap, fold over; starchy pudding. To roll, fold (Cpl).
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West Futuna
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PN.PORO-QAKI
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Purogi/na (ANI)
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To accompany; escort (n)
Problematic
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West Futuna
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PN.PUTO
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Puto/ngi-a (FUT)
|
To cover up, wrap; a parcel
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
|
PN.PEWA
|
Pwewa
|
Liver
Problematic
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West Futuna
|
EP.RAPU
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Rabu/nea (ANI)
|
A bag
Problematic
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West Futuna
|
OC.LAFA
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Rafa (ANI)
|
Dandruff
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East Futuna
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
ʔAlafaki
|
Rester éveillé en surveillant un mourant
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Rennellese
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PN.QARA-FAKI
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ʔAgahaki
|
Sleep restlessly
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Tongan
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
ʔAafaki
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To keep watch beside a corpse; to keep someone awake; to prepare and light up a native oven immediately on waking. Veiller; (cuisine) que l'on fait avant jour (Btn).
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West Futuna
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
Rafáki-na
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To stay with the dead overnight (singing and telling stories)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.QARA-FIA
|
Alahia
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Watch, stay awake to watch
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West Futuna
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FJ.QULAFI
|
(U)rafi
|
Fish sp.
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Tuvalu
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
Alafaki
|
To sit up (without sleep), wait up at night
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Tokelau
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
Alafaki
|
(of next day) Dawn, arrive
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East Uvea
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PN.QARA-FAKI
|
ʔAlafaki
|
Veiller
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.QARA-FIA
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Haga/alahia
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Insomnia
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Hawaiian
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PN.QARA-FIA
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Hoʔa/alahia
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To awaken; wakefulness, insomnia
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Sikaiana
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PN.QARA-FIA
|
Alahia
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To keep oneself awake
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Tongan
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
|
Kongaloto
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Part halfway between the two ends; (of the body) waist
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Samoan
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
|
ʔOgaloto
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The middle
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Tokelau
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
|
Kogaaloto
|
Middle portion, centre
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Tuvalu
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
|
Kogaaloto
|
Centre, middle
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Samoan
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
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ʔOgaatotonu
|
Centre, middle
Problematic
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Takuu
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PN.KOGA-A-LOTO
|
Kunaaroto
|
Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree (in terms of length)...
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Luangiua
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NO.TUU-KAFA
|
Uukahi haaŋiu
|
Coconut husk
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
NO.TUU-KAFA
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Tuukaha
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Fibres of coconut husk that is used for making string after they have been placed in salt water for several months
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Kapingamarangi
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NO.TUU-KAFA
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Duugaha
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Clean coconut husk ready for making sennit
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Nukuoro
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NO.TUU-KAFA
|
Duu gaha
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A large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibres are obtained
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Luangiua
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PN.QULU-TUKI
|
Uukoʔi
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Scarlet Finned Soldier Fish
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.QULU-TUKI
|
Ugutuki
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A kind of reef fish
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Luangiua
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XO.FITI.1C
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Uʔa e hiki
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Sprained back
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Sikaiana
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XO.FITI.1C
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Hiti uka
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To hold one’s body tense so that the veins stick out, as some small children do when they are straining their muscles
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