| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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EP.MATAFITI
|
Matawiti
|
Year
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MATE.1D
|
Mate
|
Extinguished
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|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MATE.1D
|
Mate/mate
|
Going out, flickering
|
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Sikaiana
|
EO.MAUII
|
Maui
|
Left side, left-handed (archaic)
|
|
Ra'ivavae
|
TA.KAUII.*
|
ʔAaui
|
Left
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.MAHU.A
|
Mau
|
Plentiful (of food)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.MA-WETE
|
Mavete
|
Split apart, divide (vi)
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.MITA
|
Waka/mita/mita
|
Intrude, act foolishly, try to be funny during serious business. Show off (Sby).
|
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Pukapuka
|
??.MOKA.2
|
Yii/moka/moka
|
Completely finish off, destroy
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Pukapuka
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu/longalonga
|
Fish sp. Yellowspot Emperor Gnathodentex aurolineatus
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MUKA.2
|
Muka/lele
|
Very white
|
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Pukapuka
|
TA.MURA
|
Mu/mula
|
To burn, singe. Glowing red, flaming red (in chants) (Sby).
Borrowed
|
|
Pukapuka
|
MP.MURI.1A
|
Muli
|
Behind, last
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.MUTU.1C
|
Mutu
|
Become silent, cease speaking
|
|
Sikaiana
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ni
|
Indefinite article: some
|
|
Pukapuka
|
EP.NO
|
Noo
|
Belonging to, of, from
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.OO.1
|
Woo
|
Tiny reef fish on which bonito feed, Caesio spp.
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muka/muka
|
To have multiple new growth
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muko/muko
|
Bourgeonner beaucoup; jeunes feuilles d'un arbre
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muʔa/muʔa
|
(of trees, young person) Green, immature
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muka
|
Knob on distal end of paddle
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muko/muko
|
Coconut in sixth stage of growth; the edible flesh inside the mesocarp of the nut at the point of attachment of stalk to nut
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muga/muga
|
First stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa
|
|
Takuu
|
NP.MUKA.1B
|
(Hui) muka/muka
|
Third stage of coconut growth (small inedible fruit)
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muko
|
Haut d'une plante, d'un arbre, sommet d'une branche; bouton d'une plante. Tige, stem [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
|
|
Marquesas
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muʔo/muʔo
|
Gras, plein d'embonpoint, bouffi, potelé
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|
Tahitian
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muo/o
|
Taro shoots used for planting
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MUKA.1A
|
Muko/ko
|
The young shoot of a plant
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.MUKA.1B
|
Muko/niu
|
The soft, newly formed flesh of the young coconut
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.PAE-GA.A
|
Paenga
|
Prepared sennit fibre; place where it is buried in mud; the contents of the mound
|
|
Pukapuka
|
TA.PATA.4
|
Pata
|
Flick a marble, tap with finger
|
|
Sikaiana
|
MP.POA.1
|
P/poa
|
To smell of fish
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Bolobolo
|
Basket variety (made from green coconut leaves)
|
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Luangiua
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Polapola
|
Big bags for oven food
|
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Nuguria
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Porapora
|
Rubbish basket
|
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Sikaiana
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Polapola
|
Small temporary basket made from coconut leaf {paakele}
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Polapola
|
Simple basket made for short time use. Large simple oval basket for copra (Lch).
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Porapora
|
A large open-weave basket or backpack made from coconut fronds
|
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Pukapuka
|
CE.POO-RUTU
|
Poolutu/lutu
|
To rain heavily
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.PONO.2
|
Waka/pono
|
To promise
|
|
Pukapuka
|
EP.POO-TAKA
|
Pooteka
|
Spinning top
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.TAQO-PATU
|
Taupotu
|
House ridge. Ridgepole of a house (Sby).
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Pukapuka
|
SO.PUU.3
|
Puu (te imu)
|
Prepare and light oven
|
|
Pukapuka
|
FJ.PULU.5
|
Yee/pulu/pulu
|
Ten coconuts
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Pulu/pulu
|
Grab, hold in the arms
|
|
Pukapuka
|
CE.PUNA-RUA
|
Punalua
|
Second marriage and offspring
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.SAQA.2
|
Yaa-
|
Prefix before several names of patrilineages and their associated cemeteries
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
SO.FAFA.3
|
Haha
|
Slack rope on the boom sheet
|
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Sikaiana
|
MP.SAKA.1
|
Saka
|
Type of song composed for secret lovers {hina} or to insult the opposite sex...
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.SAU.7
|
Yau/yau nunui
|
Benevolent
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