| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Marquesas
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SO.KIVA
|
Kiva
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Plomb, balle, boulet, obus, bombe, pierre ronde, galet
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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CP.SILA.1A
|
Yila
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Light, shine
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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EC.SOKE
|
Yoke
|
Swallowtail. Pompano (Trachinotus spp.) (McC),
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Pukapuka
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EC.SOKE
|
Yoke mangoo
|
Young shark
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Pukapuka
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PN.SOLO-GA
|
Yoolonga
|
Patrilineage, thought of as "moving" towards the cemetery
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Pukapuka
|
PN.SOLO.4
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Yolo/nga
|
Movement of people
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Pukapuka
|
NP.SOLO.2B
|
Olo
|
Pudding of grated taro
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
|
CE.SORU
|
Wolu(wolu)
|
Agitated, rough (of sea)
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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CE.TAKA-PUNI
|
Takapini
|
Encircle, go around
Problematic
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Pukapuka
|
OC.TATA.1
|
Vaa/tata
|
Near
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Pukapuka
|
MP.TAU.5
|
Tau
|
Anchor, moor; anchorage; come to shore (of boats)
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Pukapuka
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CE.TAU-RUA
|
Taulua
|
Double canoe (archaic)
Problematic
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Marquesas
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CE.TII-TOI
|
Tee, toʔe, U rea
|
Whore
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Tikopia
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PN.TAFA-QAKI-LAGI
|
Tafaakirangi
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Traditional esoteric term for sky, esp. in ritual formulae [translated "border of Heaven" in examples]
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Easter Island
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
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Tahataha
|
Border, edge, limit, margin, side
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tahataha
|
Steep bank of river, etc.; slope of hill
|
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tahataha
|
The littoral; whole length of land
|
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Rennellese
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tahataha
|
Outskirts of village; along the side
|
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Tikopia
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tafatafa
|
Edge; bordering
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Dahadaha
|
Embankment around a taro plot
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tafatafa
|
(loc) Alongside, beside
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tafatafa
|
Side (= tafa); polite word for latrine, toilet
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tafatafa
|
Au bord de
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Tongan
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
|
Tafatafa
|
Side (of chief or sovereign)
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Pukapuka
|
FU.FAKA-TILI
|
Ka/tili
|
Progeny, descendants from an ancestor; bilateral kin or kinship group
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TUQU-RUA-POO
|
Tuuluaapoo
|
Middle of the night
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.USU.2
|
Uyu
|
To intone a chant
|
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Pukapuka
|
CE.WAHII
|
Vayii
|
Cover
Borrowed
|
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Pukapuka
|
CE.WIKI.1
|
Vi/viki
|
Be quick, fast
Borrowed
|
|
Marquesas
|
NP.FULU.3
|
Maʔyenʔna, Thaʔhuʔrul
|
Similarity
Problematic
|
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East Futuna
|
EO.AFU.1
|
ʔAfu/sa
|
Postérité; descendants
Borrowed
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.AFU.2
|
Afu
|
Rejeton (murier à papier)
|
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Samoan
|
EO.AFU.1
|
Afu/a
|
A feast made when the wife becomes pregnant
|
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Marquesas
|
PN.RAU.2
|
ʔAu
|
Dans le groupe S.-E. 200; dans le groupe N.-O. 400. Selon la nouvelle maniere de compter 100.
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Marquesas
|
EP.TINI.1B
|
Teeʔne, Teeʔna
|
[Forty thousand]
|
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Tuvalu
|
MP.TAUTU
|
Tautuu
|
Spiny puffer fish
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.TE-KAU
|
Tekau
|
Twenty (bonito, mature nuts, drinking nuts)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.QULU-QAKI
|
Uluaki
|
First-born, oldest child
|
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Pukapuka
|
MP.FAGA.1A
|
Wanga/a
|
Broken in pieces
|
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.FAA-TATA
|
Vaitata
|
Draw close, be near (of time and place)
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Pukapuka
|
TA.FAA-TATA
|
Vaatata
|
Near
Borrowed
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.FATU-GA.2
|
Watu/mau/nga
|
Starting edge of a mat
Problematic
|
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Tahitian
|
EP.PUU-FENUA.*
|
Pufanua, pufenua
|
The placenta
|
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Mangareva
|
EP.PUU-FENUA.*
|
Puuʔenua
|
Placenta
|
|
Mangareva
|
NP.FENUA.*C
|
ʔEnua
|
Matrice
|
|
Tikopia
|
NP.FENUA.*C
|
Fenua
|
Placenta
|
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Pukapuka
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Witi
|
To be upset at words spoken
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Pukapuka
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Witi/witi
|
To jump on someone for wrongs done
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Rotuman
|
XW.GUTU-LEI
|
Mutlei
|
Bird sp., booby
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Rarotongan
|
EC.MAGA-MAGA.B
|
Mangamangaa rima
|
Finger(s)
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