| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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MP.KILA.2
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Sa/kila
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To glance
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Takuu
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NP.SAAKILI.2
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Saakiri, saekiri
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Curse, swear
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Sikaiana
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NP.SAAKILI.2
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Sakili/kili
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Talk dirty, swear using restricted words with sexual meanings
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Sikaiana
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XO.SAMONO
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Samono
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Porpoise
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Takuu
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NP.MUI
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Sa/mui/mui
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(of several objects) Clustered
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Sikaiana
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NP.MUI
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M/mui
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To collect, to come together
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East Uvea
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Haga(haga)
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Se mettre à, s'occuper à, s'appliquer
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Fijian
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Saga
|
Try hard to do/ get something
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Hanga/a
|
Method, way, technique
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Samoan
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Faʔa/saga
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Face towards, attend to, set to, get on with
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Tokelau
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Haga
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Pay attention to, apply oneself to, occupy oneself with, be heedful
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Tuvalu
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Haga
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Attend to one's task
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Takuu
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Saana/i
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Positioned, be in a correct position to do something, face towards something
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Sikaiana
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Sana
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To face towards a certain direction
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West Futuna
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Haga
|
To orient toward, turn toward
Problematic
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East Futuna
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Saga, sage
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Possible, probable
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Saga
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To face, to be opposite
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Nukuoro
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Feangai
|
To meet
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Niue
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Fehagai
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Meet, come face to face with someone; relationship
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Samoan
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Faʔa/feagai
|
Face up to, put up with
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
|
Haangai
|
Opposite, confronting; across, at right angles, astride
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Faka/feangai
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Be opposite to, face directly, confront
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East Futuna
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Feagai
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Etre tourné vers...; face à face, en présence, en face
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East Futuna
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Faka/feagai
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Face à face; en choeur
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Takuu
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NP.SA-GEGE
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Sannee
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(of horizontal beam, etc.) Bent, crooked, warped; (of fish) scatter, disperse; (of log, canoe, etc.) split, crack
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
|
MP.SAO
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Sao
|
Escape, be free from obligation: safe, alive after some disaster; (of canoe) safely cross the reef
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Takuu
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EO.SAQALO
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Saa(o)roo
|
Scrape something (with a knife, etc.) in order to soften it
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Takuu
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MP.SAPAI
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Saapai
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Carry in one's arms, lift [ex. child]
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Takuu
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SO.SA-SALA
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Sara kai
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(of a seabird or fig. of a person) Search for fish
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Sikaiana
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SO.SA-SALA
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Sala kai
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To harvest, to gather food from the bush
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Takuu
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OC.SALALA
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Saraa
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Fish sp. [Atherinidae silversides], edible small blue and white fish netted and used for bait
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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OC.SALALA
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Salaa
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Fish sp., very small
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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SF.SALI.2
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S/sari
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Wipe, remove someting with a flick/scrape (e.g. water) off the surface of something (e.g. of a human body after bathing, a common practice)
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Takuu
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PN.SALII
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Sarii
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Fish sp. caught in hand nets for bait
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Takuu
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EO.SAU.6
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Sau
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Breeze, gentle wind
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Sikaiana
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EO.SAU.6
|
Sau
|
Weather
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Takuu
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PN.SAU.7
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S/sau
|
State or condition (esp. of the human body) as specified by the following verb
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Takuu
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OC.SAAWAKI
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Saauaki
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Edible sea urchin sp.
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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OC.SAAWAKI
|
Saavaki
|
Sea urchin sp.
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Takuu
|
XO.SAWA.2
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Sava
|
Dance gesture, esp. in sau dances
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Takuu
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NP.SAWA.1
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S/sava
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Covered or smeared with an undesirable substance (e.g. paint, blood, faeces)
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Takuu
|
NP.SE.1
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Se
|
A, an (indefinite article)
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Sikaiana
|
NP.SE.1
|
He
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Indefinite article, any
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Takuu
|
SO.SEQE.2
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See
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No, not (precedes verb)
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Sikaiana
|
SO.SEQE.2
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He(e)
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Negative marker following tense‑aspect marker, not
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Takuu
|
CP.SEA.2
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Sea
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Lift the leg, as in a stamping movement; any (foreign) dance using this gesture
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Takuu
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EC.FUI
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Se/hui-
|
Prefix when counting coconuts in units of ten, or money in units of ten toea
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Takuu
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FJ.SEKA
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Seka/a
|
Fine white mould, mildew, or fungus (such as that appearing on leather); salt residue on one’s skin
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Sikaiana
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PN.SEKE.1A
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S/seke
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Slippery
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Takuu
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PN.PA-SEKE
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Paaseke
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Ricochet, bounce off, graze
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