| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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PN.TUQU-GAQA
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Tuunga/yala
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Difficult, troublesome
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Pukapuka
|
FJ.TUI-TUI.2
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Tuitui
|
Candlenut fruit brought from Yiva (Marquesas) (in chant)
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Pukapuka
|
FJ.TUI-TUI.2
|
Tuitui
|
Candlenut fruit brought from Yiva (Marquesas) (in chant)
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Pukapuka
|
OC.WELA.A
|
Vela
|
Fire in the bush (in chant texts)
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.WILI.2
|
Vili(vili)
|
Zèle, diligence
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Samoan
|
OC.WILI.1A
|
Vili/vili
|
To brandish, as a club
|
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Tokelau
|
OC.WILI.1A
|
Vili
|
Spin, whirl; drill, bore
|
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East Uvea
|
SO.VILIVILI
|
Vili(vili)
|
Vitesse, rapidité, promptitude, hâte
|
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West Uvea
|
SO.VILIVILI
|
Vi/vini
|
Rapide
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.WILI.2
|
Viri
|
The front rank of an army
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.WILI.3
|
Wiri
|
Tremble, shiver
|
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Pukapuka
|
NP.WILI.3
|
Vi(li)vili
|
Tremble, shiver
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Pukapuka
|
NP.WILI.3
|
Waka/vili/ate
|
To startle
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Pukapuka
|
PN.WILI.2
|
Waka/vi/vili
|
To have mind set on something or someone; to attract or fascinate (one of the opposite sex)
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West Futuna
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NP.WILI.3
|
Viri (pl. h/viri)
|
To awaken. Sortir du sommeil, ouvrir les yeux (Rve).
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West Futuna
|
NP.WILI.3
|
Viri/viri. Vir/viri (ANI) (Cpl).
|
To be startled; to shimmer, shiver, shake. Paludisme (trembler); secousse, tremblement qu'on sent et qu'on entend pas (Rve).
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
NP.WILI.3
|
Viri/kake
|
Start or jump with surprise or fright
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Tongan
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XW.WILI-GIA
|
Vilingia
|
Be blown about/along/away by the wind
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East Uvea
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XW.WILI-GIA
|
Viligia
|
Etre enlevé, emporé, battu par le vent
|
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East Futuna
|
XW.WILI-GIA
|
Viligia
|
Etre emporté (part le vent)
|
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Samoan
|
XW.WILI-GIA
|
Viligia
|
To dry in the wind; to air; to cool in the wind
|
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Easter Island
|
XE.WILI.1C
|
Viri
|
To fall, tumble down. Fall (an object dropped unawares and lost) (Wbr)
|
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Marquesas
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XE.WILI.1C
|
Viʔi
|
Tomber de haut en bas. Glisser, rouler à terre, tomber en roulan
|
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Mangareva
|
XE.WILI.1C
|
Viri
|
Dégringoler, descendre vite, descendre malgré soi
|
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Nukumanu
|
NP.ALAALA
|
Alaala
|
Fish sp.
|
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Nukumanu
|
NO.FATUTULI
|
Hatturi
|
Thunder
|
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Nukumanu
|
MP.KAMI.1
|
Kami
|
Use fingers to press hard and massage in order to relieve pain or cramp
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Nukumanu
|
SO.KAU-MAI
|
Koumai
|
Send/give to speaker
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Nukumanu
|
PN.KAU-NA
|
Kauna/a
|
Send someone on a mission
|
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Nukumanu
|
MP.KAWE.2A
|
K/kave
|
Give; send something to someone
|
|
Nukumanu
|
NO.KUPU.2
|
Kupu
|
South wind
|
|
Nukumanu
|
PN.PENA.1B
|
Pena/pena
|
Making
|
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Nukumanu
|
NO.KINA.4
|
Kina
|
Place
|
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Nukumanu
|
NO.KINA.4
|
Te/kina/raa
|
Over there
|
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Sikaiana
|
NO.KINA.4
|
Kiona
|
Place, area, (one's) home
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Takuu
|
NO.KINA.4
|
Kina
|
Place, location, site; private parts, genitals
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.KINA.4
|
ʔIŋa
|
Place
|
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Nukumanu
|
NP.TEE-NEI
|
Teenei
|
This, here
|
|
Nukumanu
|
NO.TOLOA.C
|
Taroa
|
Bird sp. Whimbrel (Hdn).
Phonologically Irregular
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|
Nukumanu
|
NO.KAI-USU
|
Kaihu
|
Nose
|
|
Nuguria
|
NO.KAI-USU
|
Haisu
|
Nose
|
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Takuu
|
NO.KAI-USU
|
Kaisu (Hwd: kaiisu)
|
Nose; protruding tip of a new coconut sprout
|
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Nukumanu
|
NO.WELEWELE.*
|
Veere
|
Spider
|
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Pukapuka
|
OC.GAFA
|
Ngawa mangamanga a lima
|
Span of hand from thumb to longest finger (measurement of length)
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.GOIO.1A
|
Ngooio
|
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ne
|
Indefinite article, plural
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tuvalu
|
SO.NI.2
|
Ne
|
Indefinite article plural (Southern dialects)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.KAFA.2
|
Tuaa/kawa
|
The second to the champion wrestler
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.KAI.7
|
Kai
|
Yet, ever (in interrogative or negative contexts) (Besnier 2000:486)
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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OC.KAPOA
|
Kapoa
|
Snake mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus)
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