| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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NO.KAMI.3
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K/kami
|
Run
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Nuguria
|
NO.KAMI.3
|
Kami
|
Run
|
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Tuvalu
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
|
Light fire or lamp
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Tikopia
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Set alight; cause to burn (as tree felled for clearing ground)
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Anuta
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Pakaka
|
To burn, as in burning a piece of wood
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Anuta
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Paka/ka/kaa
|
To light (a fire)
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Rarotongan
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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ʔAkakaa
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Burn, ignite, light
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Whakakaa
|
Inflame, incite
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Tahitian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Faa/a/a
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To kindle fire, to make it burn well; to cause food to be well cooked
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Hawaiian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hooʔaa
|
To set on fire, burn, ignite, etc.
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Rennellese
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakakaa
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To light, as a match or lantern
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Akaa
|
To build an open fire
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Takuu
|
NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakkaa
|
Light up, cause to burn, start (an engine)
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Sikaiana
|
NO.KAAPITI.2
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Kaapiti
|
A mat for flooring similar to a tapakau, but with only one side. (Shaped to cover a small area inside the house where a tapakau would not fit)
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Takuu
|
NO.KUPU.2
|
Kipu
|
South, direction of the south wind
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Sikaiana
|
NO.KUPU.2
|
Kupu
|
The south, the southern direction
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Nuguria
|
NO.KUPU.2
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Kipu
|
West wind, also west
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Tongan
|
PN.HOA
|
Hoa
|
Pair
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
|
Couple, in count of coconuts; pair
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Si/a/oa. Si/á/ua (Sar).
|
Two (counting in pairs)
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Ke/lua/oa
|
Four (fish) [i.e. two pairs]
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Kalu/ŋa/oa
|
Six (counting in pairs)
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Ha/ŋa/oa
|
Eight (counting in pairs)
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
O/ʔoa
|
Twins
Problematic
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.HOA
|
-oa
|
Unit of measurement for pairs of things other than coconuts (siaoa, ruaoa, torunaaoa...)
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.HOA
|
Si/a/oa
|
Cardinal number, two, when reporting numbers
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.HOA
|
Hi/a/oa
|
Two (reporting), pair
|
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Samoan
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
|
Classifying particle used for counting in pairs (obs.)
|
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Samoan
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
|
A couple, commencing with the second, as: e luaaoa, e tolugaaoa, etc.
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa/ta
|
Twins
Problematic
|
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Luangiua
|
XO.KATOKO
|
Akoʔo
|
Black, like frigate bird
|
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Sikaiana
|
XO.KATOKO
|
Katoko
|
A seagull species
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Rennellese
|
PN.SU-GALU
|
Suungagu
|
Driftwood; to hang on to driftwood or to a life jacket
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.SU-GALU
|
Ungaru
|
Driftwood; floating log, occ. used for small canoe or firewood
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
Ualoko
|
Row of vegetables; when, time
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Takuu
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
Uaaroto
|
Centre section, area in the middle; ritual name for a location inside the ariki’s house
|
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Sikaiana
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
Uua loto
|
The edge of the reef on the lagoon side
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
T/ungaalodo
|
Centre, middle, mid-point; halfway
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Nukuoro
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
Ungaa lodo
|
Middle part (of something round)
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tikopia
|
XO.UA-LOTO
|
Uuaaroto
|
Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples
|
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Tongan
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Ualolo
|
(Of a large number of people) To assemble and sit down suddenly
|
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Tongan
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Uoo
|
(of house, place, people) To be crowded (more or less) and noiisy
Phonologically Irregular
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Ualolo
|
S'attrouper, acourir en masse, venir en masse (obs.)
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Samoan
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Ualolo
|
Crowds of people passing and repassing
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Uagogo
|
To be noisy, as a dance
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Ua lolo
|
A disturbance in the sea caused by schools of big fish feeding on little fish
|
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Takuu
|
PN.UALOLO
|
Ualloo
|
(of a large group of people, animals, etc.) Go or come quickly to or from a place
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.QULU-KAO
|
Ulukao
|
A shark, maybe a white pointer
|
|
Nukumanu
|
PN.QULU-KAO
|
Ulukao
|
Great white shark
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.QULU-KAO
|
Uluau
|
Tiger shark
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