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Language Reconstruction Reflex Description
Sikaiana AN.PATU.1A P/patu Hit with the bottom of a closed fist
Takuu PN.PATU.2 Patu (of coconut embryo) Firm
Takuu NO.PAU.2 P/pau Count, enumerate
Takuu OC.PEQE Pee Break wind, fart (esp. audibly) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Takuu OC.PEPE Ppee Generic term for butterfly, moths, hoppers
Takuu OC.PELA Pela Earth, soil, land which is muddy in times of heavy rain
Takuu OC.PELA P/pela (of ground) Soft
Sikaiana PN.PENA.1B Pena/pena Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections
Sikaiana OC.PENU.A Penu Shell of a shellfish; shell of fruit or nut; cover, wrapping, envelope; penu hale 'empty house'
Takuu NP.PESE.1 Pese Song, anything sung (obs.)
Takuu PN.PEWA Peva Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis
Takuu SO.PIA.2B Pia Foam (on the ocean, coconut toddy, etc.)
Takuu MP.PIA.2A Pia Sediment
Fijian MP.PIA.2A Bia/bia Sediment
Takuu EP.PIKI.1B Piki Move along or climb hand-over-hand
Sikaiana MP.PIKI.1A Piki To roll together something using the fingers [exs cigarette, braided cord] Uncertain Semantic Connection
Takuu PN.PILO P/pilo Smell of excrement, stink, have excrement on s.t. or on one’s body
Takuu MP.PISI.1 P/pisi (of water, etc.) Splash, spray, splatter; (of rain) fall in scattered droplets, sprinkle, spit accidentally while speaking
Sikaiana MP.PISI.1 P/pisi To be spraying (of rain)
Takuu OC.POO.2 P/poo Cup one’s hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands
Sikaiana SO.POI.B Poi Almost; like, similar to
Takuu PN.POKA.2 Poka Adult male Great Frigate Bird [Fregata minor], with a red throat pouch; the pouch itself
Sikaiana PN.POKA.2 Poka Frigate bird sp. with a white neck
Takuu PN.POKO.3 Poko Clap with hands cupped and at right angles
East Futuna NP.POGA-A-ISU Pogo ʔi isu Narine
Samoan NP.POGA-A-ISU Pogaiisu The nostrils
Samoan NP.POGA-A-ISU Pogaiisu Bridge of nose
Vaeakau-Taumako NP.POGA-A-ISU Pangaiu, pongaiu Nose
Sikaiana NP.POGA-A-ISU Poponoisu The mucus of the nose
Takuu NP.POGA-A-ISU Ponoisu Mucus from the nose; illness involving a runny or stuffy nose; blow one's nose
West Futuna NP.POGA-A-ISU Po/ro/geisu, pu/ro/geisu. Nostril Phonologically Irregular
Easter Island NP.POGA-A-ISU Poŋa Nose
Tahitian NP.POGA-A-ISU ʔAa/poʔo ihu Narine
Takuu EP.POTI.2 Poo/poki Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab Problematic
Takuu PN.POLATA Porata Trunk of the banana palm
Takuu SO.POLE.B P/pore Shake, tremble (because of old age or sickness), tingle, shiver; (of muscle) have a spasm; (of steering handle of outboard motor) vibrate; (of limb affected by Parkinson’s Disease) tremble slowly; be afraid, worried
Takuu EO.POLI.A Pori Roll of fat around one's waist
Takuu PN.PORO.1 Poro Advise, give advice Borrowed
Sikaiana PN.PORO.1 Polo The death wish or requests a dying man makes to his family
Takuu PN.POTU.1 Potu Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house
Takuu SO.PUU.3 Puu Place stones on top of a fire to heat them for an earth oven
Takuu PN.PUU.2 P/puu (of a boil or sore) Drain
Takuu FJ.PUA.1A Pua Tree sp. (Gardenia?)
Takuu PN.PUI.A P/pui Close something; block (e.g. path); make forbidden; forbid access...; use magic to make someone else unlucky at fishing; govern (as a conqueror); invoke ancestors to ward off malevolent spirits (tipua) at night.
Takuu FJ.PUKE.1A Puke Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
Sikaiana PN.PUKE.3 Puke To catch
Takuu MP.PUKU.1A Puku General term for a group, clump or division
Takuu MP.PUKU.1A Puku/puku Bump, swelling, knot (in wood) or any other rounded protuberance
Takuu PN.PUNOU Punou (of a person) Stooped, bent over with age or infirmity
Takuu PN.PUPU.A Pupu Weed-infested