| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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XO.LAOI
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Laaoi
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Nice, kind (of a person)
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Nuguria
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OC.LAKI
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Laki
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North-west wind (brings pantai)
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Nuguria
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PN.LAWE.2B
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Lave
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Find
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Nuguria
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PN.LAWEGA
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Lavena
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Oilfish
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Nuguria
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PN.LOTU.1
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Lootu
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Worship (in the church)
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Nuguria
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OC.MAA.1
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Ma(a)
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Connective of numerals
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Nuguria
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PN.MAA-SAGA
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Maahana, oo/mahana
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Twin...
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Nuguria
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CP.MAQAFU.2
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Maahu
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Milky Way
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Nuguria
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AN.KIKILA
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Maa/kila/kila
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Shiny (of saucepan)
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Nuguria
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XO.MAAMAA.*
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Maamaa
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Chew, masticate for an infant
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Nuguria
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PN.MANATU
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Maanatu (pl. mannatu)
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Think (about)
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Nuguria
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AN.MAANAWA.1
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Maanava
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Breath; breathe (in)
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Nuguria
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OC.MA-RAMA.A
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Maarama
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Day; dawn, clear up (of sky after rain) (vi); bright, light (also of colours); brighten, become bright, sunny
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Nuguria
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SO.MAA-LALI
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Maarari
|
Bald
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Nuguria
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PN.MAALIE.B
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Maarie
|
Slow, quietly
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Nuguria
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EC.MAALUU.1B
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Maaru
|
Shit (vi)
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Nuguria
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CP.TEA
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Maa/tea
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White; clean
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Nuguria
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PN.MAA-TINO
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Maatino
|
Visible, recognisable
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Nuguria
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OC.MAATOLU
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Maatoru
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Thick [grossus] (e.g. leaf, material)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
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Maauri/loo
|
True; truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MAEA.1
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Maea
|
Rope (big, used for ships)
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Nuguria
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PN.MA-SAE
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Mahae (pl. mahhae)
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Broken; torn; crack in a canoe
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Nuguria
|
EC.MASAGA.3
|
Mahana
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A kind of turtle (shell used for manufacture of ornaments)
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Nuguria
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NP.MAI.C
|
Mai
|
Come (here)!
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Nuguria
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PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Fern
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Nuguria
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PN.MAKA.B
|
Maka
|
Sling (n)
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Nuguria
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MP.MAKA-LILI
|
Makariri
|
Cold; coldness; moist, damp
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Nuguria
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MP.MAMA.2
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Mama
|
Chewed food (when you are eating)
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Nuguria
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MP.MAMI
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Mami
|
Taste (a flavour), examine, test
|
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Nuguria
|
AN.MAGA.1
|
Mana
|
Bifurcate (tree)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
|
Manamaatai
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A kind of poisonous starfish
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Nuguria
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PN.MAGEHO.A
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Maneo
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Itchy
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Nuguria
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OC.MANOGI
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Manoni
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Fragrant, smelling good; a good taste, as food with coconut oil
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Nuguria
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AN.MANU.1A
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Manu
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Birds, animals (including insects, worms and crayfish)
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.4
|
Mara
|
Fish sp., Trooper
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Nuguria
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Manu/taitai
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Smell of something which has drifted for a long time in the sea
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Nuguria
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SO.MAA-LALI
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Marari/rari (older), ma/raar/rari (younger)
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Slippery, slipping
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Nuguria
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OC.MALAQE
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Marae
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Place for performing rituals...main clearing in the centre of the village...
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chips (of wood), sawdust; kneecap (maramara te turi); a white shell found on the shore
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Nuguria
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EO.MALALA
|
Marara
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Charcoal, live coals, embers
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Nuguria
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SO.MAA-LALI
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Marari
|
Slip, slipped (vi)
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Nuguria
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NP.MALALI
|
Marari
|
Kind of small fish used as bait for vaka-hii
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Nuguria
|
OC.MALAU.2
|
Marau
|
Bird sp., wild fowl
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Nuguria
|
RO.MALAU.1
|
Marau
|
Small red fish sp. with big eyes
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Nuguria
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PN.MA-LIGI.A
|
Marini
|
(Boat) capsize (vi)
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Nuguria
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MP.MALO
|
Maro
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Traditional clothing made from bark of hau tree
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Nuguria
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EO.MATA.1C
|
Mata
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Point (of spear etc.), tip (of pencil)
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Nuguria
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AN.MATA.2A
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Mata
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Raw, uncooked (taro, fish etc.)
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Nuguria
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PN.MATA-QALI
|
Mataa rii
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Coconut when meat inside is not well formed
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Nuguria
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PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataahenua
|
Point of land, headland
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