| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niuafo'ou
|
AN.MAQURI
|
Mauli
|
Alive
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.NA.3
|
Neʔe
|
Past tense marker (= Tongan na'e)
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
This
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
MP.TAHI.1
|
Tai
|
Sea
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TAU-LUA
|
Taulua
|
= Tongan ongo (dual number marker)
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TAPU-TOKI
|
Tabutoki
|
Name of a tree
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TAMA-RIKI.A
|
Tamaliki
|
Children
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TE.1
|
Te
|
Definite article, the
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
NP.TANA.A
|
Tana
|
His, her(s), its
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
NP.-TA-TOU
|
Te/tou, ta/tou
|
Our(s) (inclusive)
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
FJ.WALA.3
|
Vala ʔaho
|
Working dress [= Tongan vala-si'i]
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MA-KILA
|
Matakila
|
When the moon begins to appear, and is said to be seen by gods and only afterwards by men (Collocott)
|
|
Tongan
|
EP.FUA.3C
|
Fuo/fua/vale
|
Almost full moon (Collocott)
Problematic
|
|
Tupuaki
|
NP.KIWI.1*
|
Iivi
|
Heteroscelus incanus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
TA.MOKORAA
|
Moʔora
|
Anas superciliosa
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CE.KOO-TAFA.A
|
Otaha
|
Fregata aquila
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CE.KOO-TUKU.A
|
Otuu
|
Demigretta sacra
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.TAWAKE
|
Tavaʔe
|
Phaethon rubricauda
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.KASI.2
|
A/ahi
|
Albicore, Germo germo
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.KANAHE
|
Anae
|
Mugil sp.
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.QATULE
|
Ature
|
Trachurops crumenophthalmus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.FAGA-MEA
|
Haamea
|
Etelis carbunculus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.FAAPUKU
|
Hapuu
|
Epinephelus querus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.ISE.1
|
Ihe
|
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.MAQITO
|
Maito
|
Fish sp., like parai, but small and black
|
|
Tupuaki
|
RO.MANINI.1
|
Manini
|
Hepatus sp.
|
|
Tupuaki
|
NP.MOI.2
|
Moi
|
Fish sp., perhaps variety of nanue
|
|
Tupuaki
|
RO.NANUE
|
Nanue
|
Lutianus sp. (large)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.NOFU
|
Nohu
|
Synanceija verrucosa
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.KIO-KIO
|
Oʔio
|
Albula vulpes
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.QONO.1
|
Ono
|
Sphyraena sp.
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CE.PAA-TIKI.*
|
Patii
|
Platophrys pantherinus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.TAAIWA
|
Taiva/iva
|
Lutianus sp. (2 ft. max, yellow back, white belly)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
TA.TAAMURE
|
Tamuri
|
Fish sp., like nanue [Lutianus] but white, flat, 1 ft. max.
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.TALAAO
|
Tarau
|
Fish sp., like hapuu [Epinephelus], 6 in. long
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.TAOTAO
|
Tiatao
|
Fish sp. (Acanthocybium solandri), like ono [barracuda] but with teeth set close
Problematic
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CP.TONU.2
|
Tonu
|
Fish sp. (Epinephelus sp.) similar to hapuu but larger, said to be man-eating
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CE.TOO-TARA
|
Totara
|
Fish sp. with long spines (Diodon hystrix)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.QUME
|
Ume
|
Fish sp. (Acanthurus unicornus)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.LAWEGA
|
U/ravena
|
Ruvettus pretiosus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.WALU.2
|
Vaʔu
|
Fish sp. (large, blue, round) ?bonito
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
|
Fish sp. (Mullidae)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.PEPE
|
Pepe
|
(Hypolimnas bolina)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
EP.POTI.2
|
Po/poti
|
Perliplaneta americana
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.PULELE-FUA
|
Purehua
|
Chaerocampa erotus and other moths
|
|
Tupuaki
|
AN.LAGO.1
|
Rao
|
Various species of Diptera
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CE.WAAWAA.1
|
Vava
|
Euconocephalus australis [bush-cricket sp.]
|
|
Tupuaki
|
NP.WIIWII
|
Vivi
|
Pantala flavescens [dragonfly sp.], Agrion sp., Rhyhchium rubipes [potter-wasp sp.]
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.KAKAMIKA
|
Amia
|
(Siegesbeckia orientalis)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
TA.ARUHE
|
Anuhe
|
(Gleichenia dichotoma)
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