| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Uvea
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Maneke(neke)
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Qui s'élève en haut; se souler, être élevé plus haut
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Menege
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Moved, shifted
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Nukuoro
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Manege
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Better than; capable at (almost anything)
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Tokelau
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Maneke
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Be lifted off the ground, rise up
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Sikaiana
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Maneke
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Stative of neke 'move from one place to another'
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Nuguria
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PN.MA-NEKE
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Maneke (pl. manneke)
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Move (vi)
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Niue
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RO.MANINI.1
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Manini
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Fish sp.: Arc-eyed Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
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Pukapuka
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PN.MAPU
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Mapu/i
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Belch, fart
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Tokelau
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MP.MASA.1
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Tai/maha
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Calm (of sea); calm sea
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Pukapuka
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MP.MAQULI
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Watu mauli ola
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Commemorative stones where people prayed to dead ancestors accidentally killed (Ethnology)
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Pukapuka
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PN.MURI.1B
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Muli/muli
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Tail, hind end, hind quarter; base of [coconut] (opposite end from eyes); blunt end of object. Buttocks (Sby).
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Pukapuka
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PN.MURI-WAQE
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Muli/mulivae
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Heel
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Pukapuka
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PN.NA.4
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A/na
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Third person singular preposed subject pronoun
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Tokelau
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NP.NANA.3
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Mata/nana
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Demanding attention (of adults who are selfish and think they deserve special treatment); cry often, for attention (of babies and young children)
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Pukapuka
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NP.NATI
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U/nati
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To hold on, insistent; tighten one's sphincter
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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NP.NAU.1
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Nau/nau kava
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Native Peppergrass (Lepidium bidentatum)
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Rarotongan
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NP.NAU.1
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Nau/nau
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(Lepidium bidentatum) (Nga Pu Toru) , (Lepidium virginicum) (Aitutaki) (McC).
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Pukapuka
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XE.OPATA
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Apata
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Sleeping hole of a fish; genitals of a woman. Submarine cave in reef (Sby).
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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PN.PAKUU.A
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Pakuu
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Boom of wave breaking
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Tokelau
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PN.PA-SEKE
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Paaheke/heke
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Slippery, slimy, greasy
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Sikaiana
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OC.PENU.A
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Penu/penu
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Brideprice payment [gift exchange between families]
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Bingibingi
|
Tree sp. (Hernandia sonora)
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Luangiua
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Piŋipiŋi
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(Hernandia sonora)
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Rennellese
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Pingipingi
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A beach tree, Hernandia peltata, used for making canoes on Bellona
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Sikaiana
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Pinipini
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A tree sp. used for making canoes (Calophyllum?)
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Takuu
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Pinipini
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Tree (Hernandia sonora), used for carving canoes
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Nukuoro
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XO.PIGI-PIGI
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Bingibingi
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Tree sp. (Hernandia sonora)
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Tokelau
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PN.POGA-POGA
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Pogapoga
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Pick fruits one by one
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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OC.POLO.1
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Polo/uyi
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Romanzoff Shrub (Kadua romanzoffiensis)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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RO.PUKA
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Puka/ama
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Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaeifolia)
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Tuamotu
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NP.SAKALI
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Hakari
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(Cocos nucifera)
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Tuamotu
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CE.POKEA
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Pokea
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(Portulaca johnii)
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Tuamotu
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OC.MOSOKOI
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Mutoʔi
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(Cananga odorata)
Borrowed
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Tuamotu
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CE.KOOFAI
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Kofai
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Sesbania spp.
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Tuamotu
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MP.TAWA.1
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Kava
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(Pometia pinnata)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tuamotu
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EP.WAWAI
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Vavai oviri
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Triumfetta procumbens
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Tuamotu
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FJ.KAUTE
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Aute tautau, aute uaʔa piti
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Hibiscus schizopetalus
Borrowed
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Tuamotu
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TA.PUURAU
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Purau
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Hibiscus tiliaceus
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Tuamotu
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PN.TIALE
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Tiare Tahiti
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(Gardenia taitensis)
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Tuamotu
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CE.KOO-PORO
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Koporo/poro
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Hedyotis romanzoffiensis
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Tuamotu
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CE.NAU-PATA
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Ngapata
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Scaevola sericea [= taccada]
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Tuvalu
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PN.SAQA.2
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Saa
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Prefix added to indicate the family or associates of a person
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Penrhyn
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EC.SOKE
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Soke
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Smallspotted Pompano (Trachinotus baillonii)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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EC.SOKE
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Ka/hoke
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Smallspotted Pompano (Trachinotus baillonii)
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Pukapuka
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EP.SOPE.2
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Ope
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End, tip, edge
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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OC.SOPU.2
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Yopu ki tai
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Go down into the sea
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Hawaiian
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PN.NOA.2
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Noo
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Intensifying particle: very, quite, fairly, anyway
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Pukapuka
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SO.TAINA
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Taina
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Sibling or classificatory sibling of same sex as speaker
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Ifira-Mele
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SO.TAINA
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Tai-na
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Brother, sister (sibling of same sex)
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Nuguria
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SO.TAINA
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Taina (pl. taaina)
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Brothers (man and woman speaking)
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