| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nukuoro
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SO.KAV-AKE
|
Gavage
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Give or bring up
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Takuu
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SO.UFU.2
|
Uhu
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Untie (a knot), undo, unfasten; remove something that has been thrust into something else; make a slip-knot
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.UFU.2
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Uhu/aina
|
Take off, pull up (clothes)
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Tikopia
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SO.UFU.2
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Ufu/ki, ufu/si
|
Untie a knot
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Tokelau
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SO.UFU.2
|
Ufu
|
(of a spinner, lure etc.) Agitate by giving the fishing line small jerks while trolling
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.FIFI.2A
|
Sa/fifi, saf/safi (ANI)
|
Crooked
Problematic
|
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West Futuna
|
MP.SAFE.2
|
Saf/safe (ANI)
|
Bound
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West Futuna
|
NP.SAAKILI.2
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Sakiri-a (FUT), sagiri-a (ANI)
|
To curse
|
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West Futuna
|
FJ.SOKA-I
|
Sakai-a
|
To turn canoe straight
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SOKO-.3B
|
So((h)ko(h))-
|
Alone, only, just (emphatic pronominal prefix)
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West Futuna
|
PN.SAPUTU
|
Sápuka
|
Fish sp
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.SALALA
|
Sara/maŋuŋu
|
Fish sp.
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West Futuna
|
AN.SASA
|
Sasa/nuSieifo (WFU)
|
To knock down coconuts, oranges, etec. from branches
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West Futuna
|
SO.SA-SALA
|
Sasara/fákina
|
Get firewood etc. and return quickly
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.SAU-AQA
|
Sa/sawa
|
To turn angrily from one
|
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West Futuna
|
MP.SAQA.1
|
Sa/shina (WFU)
|
To blame, find fault, reprove, forbid
|
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West Futuna
|
FJ.SAU.2
|
Sau/akea (WFU), sau/age (ANI)
|
To amputate
|
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West Futuna
|
MP.QATU.2
|
Se/atu (ANI)
|
Generation
|
|
West Futuna
|
CE.SERU
|
Seru-akea
|
Tear off a piece
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SINU-SINU
|
Sinu
|
To gleam, glow
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.SIKA.2
|
Singa/fi
|
To make fire by rubbing; the horizontal stick used
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.TAGI.A
|
Singi/si-a
|
To lament
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SILI.1
|
Siri
|
To stray, err; to be wrong, incorrect. Se perdre (Rve).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SOGI
|
Sogi/sogi
|
To kiss, smell, scent, sniff
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SOPO.B
|
Sopo i ta vaka
|
To board a ship
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SOPO.B
|
Sopo/kea. Sopo/kea (FUT), sopo-gea (ANI) (Cpl).
|
To step out, disembark
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.SEPO.A
|
Sopo-tshia (ANI)
|
To lick
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.SOPO.D
|
Sopo/sá
|
To start with fright
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.SUKI.A
|
Su/suki (WFU), sug/sugi (ANI)
|
Comb for hair (single stick)
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.QIKAI
|
J/ikai, g/kai. Shikai (Cpl).
|
No, not; there is not; have not
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West Futuna
|
PN.FUGAO-AI.*
|
Sina/havai
|
Mother-in-law (man speaking)
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.RAU.2
|
Sinta/rau
|
Hundreds
|
|
West Futuna
|
SO.TINO-.B
|
Jin/tarau
|
Hundred
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.TILI.3
|
Siri/xtu
|
Strike with stones
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TITI.1
|
Shishi
|
(plural only) Coconuts to fill up gaps in canoe
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Jijifi. Shishifi (Cpl).
|
Fish spp.
|
|
West Futuna
|
??.TITI.4
|
Shishi/xtoe
|
Red sky just after sunrise
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.TE.1
|
Ta
|
Definite article, singular
|
|
West Futuna
|
EO.TAA.1A
|
(H)ta (trans. t/ia with singular object, ta/ia with non-singular object)
|
To strike, beat, kill
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TAFA-TAI
|
Taf/tafatai (ANI)
|
Breakers
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.TA-FULI
|
Tafur/furi
|
To translate
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TAKA.1D
|
Taka
|
To exile oneself; to let canoe float when fishing line without stones.
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TAKA.2A
|
Taka/fia
|
To tread on, kick, stomp
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Taka/fitSi/fitSi (ANI)
|
To jump (of fish or fowl)
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.TAKAI
|
Takai-a. (freq. tax/takai-a (Cpl))
|
To wrap up, tie, surround; to put on, dress in. Bundle, group, school. S'habiller; panser une blessure, attacher (Rve). To tie a pudding (Cpl).
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TAKA.1D
|
Taka/taka
|
To be tossed about, wavering, unstable
|
|
West Futuna
|
CE.TAA-KIRI
|
Takiri/shia (FUT)
|
To open an oven quickly
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.TOQA
|
Taki/xtoa
|
Go around looking for a fight
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.TUKUKU
|
Takuku/ru mani
|
Fish sp.
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.TUFU.1
|
Ta/lufu
|
Spring by the seaside
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