| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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PN.MO-QI
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Moi/moi
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Shred, reduce to particles
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East Futuna
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MP.MOMO.A
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Momo/i, moi/moi
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Ecraser, réduire en poudre; mettre ou couper par petits morceaux
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East Uvea
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MP.MOMO.A
|
Momo/si
|
Briser, pulvériser, écraser, moudre
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moʔi
|
Fine, as hair, sennit, mats or print in a book
|
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Rennellese
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PN.MO-QI
|
Moʔi/moʔi
|
To use sparingly, as food or clothes
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Takuu
|
PN.FAKA-LELE
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Fakalle/a
|
Incite someone into spirit-possession
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Tuvalu
|
SO.LIKO.4
|
Li/liko
|
Order out, expel, kick out (of the home), send away (permanently)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moi/moi
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Small fishes left in a net after the large ones are taken out
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Samoan
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moʔi/moʔi
|
Small
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Kapingamarangi
|
SO.FUA-QI-TINO
|
Huaitino
|
Body
|
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East Futuna
|
SO.UMU
|
Umu
|
Poissons: balistes (Balistoides viridescens, Pseudobalistes fuscus, Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus)
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Tuvalu
|
SO.UMU
|
Umu
|
Triggerfish (Balistoides spp.)
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Nukuoro
|
SO.UMU
|
Imu/mea, imu/uli
|
Triggerfish spp.
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Kapingamarangi
|
SO.UMU
|
Imu
|
Fish sp.
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Tokelau
|
SO.UMU
|
Umu
|
Yellow-head Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
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Sikaiana
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SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Kaimalie
|
To give generously to another, used especially for children who share food
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Nukuoro
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SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Gai malie
|
Good at food preparation, not wasteful
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East Futuna
|
SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Kaumaalie
|
Genereux; prolifique; s'entendre bien avec quelqu'un; se mettre ensemble
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Tongan
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SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Kai melie
|
To enjoy or experience pleasure or benefit (esp. as the fruit of what we have done)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
SO.KAI-MAALIE
|
Kaimaarire
|
Liberal, bountiful
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Nukumanu
|
PN.KALO-AMA
|
Karo
|
Young goatfish
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.KALO-AMA
|
Kalo
|
Bait goatfish (Mulloidichthys samoensis)
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Tokelau
|
EC.KAMAI
|
Kamai
|
Fish sp.: Rainbow Runner (Elegatis bipinnulatus)
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.KAMO.1
|
Kamo
|
Toucher du doigt
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Sikaiana
|
PN.KAMO.1
|
K/kamo
|
To press down one's finger, as pressing down on a fly
|
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Tuvalu
|
EC.LAGAI
|
Laangai
|
Surf board, or any board or raft used to play in water
|
|
Takuu
|
EC.LAGAI
|
Laanai
|
Deck of a two-hulled canoe or catamaran, raft; floating bier on which the ariki's body was formerly walked across the lagoon...
|
|
Nukumanu
|
EC.LAGAI
|
Laanai
|
Raft
|
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Samoan
|
EC.LAGAI
|
Lagai
|
Shoal of dolphins
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Tokelau
|
EC.LAGAI
|
Laga/lagai
|
Float (for holding oneself or a catch of fish near the surface of the sea; usually a block of light wood)
|
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Tuvalu
|
SO.LIKO.4
|
Li/liko
|
To stop (someone) verbally from doing something, call (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something
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Tuvalu
|
SO.MASAGI
|
Mahagi
|
To fly up, rebound; to clear away, as clouds from sky
|
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Tokelau
|
SO.MASAGI
|
Mahagi
|
Be off the ground, not touching the ground
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Samoan
|
SO.MASAGI
|
Masagi
|
High, lifted up, as the eaves of a house. Rebound, fly up (Mnr).
|
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East Futuna
|
SO.MASAGI
|
Masagi
|
Etre indécent (vêtement qui laisse voir le ventre)
|
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Tuvalu
|
CP.AO.1
|
Ao/faki
|
Gather things into a pile
|
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Tuvalu
|
SO.LIKO.4
|
Li/liko
|
Notify; persuade
|
|
Tuvalu
|
SO.MASAGI
|
Mahagi
|
Clear up (of weather)
|
|
Motu
|
OC.MOTU.A
|
Motu
|
To break as a string
|
|
Motu
|
OC.MOTU.B
|
Motu/motu
|
Island; detached portion of reef
|
|
Motu
|
AN.QUNA
|
Una
|
Fish scale
|
|
Tuvalu
|
EC.PASA.1
|
P/pasa
|
Inflamed, as a result of insect bite etc. To be red, raw (of flesh) (Jsn).
|
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Takuu
|
EC.PASA.1
|
P/pasa
|
(of a sore) Slightly swollen or lumpy, as from an insect bite
|
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Luangiua
|
EC.PASA.1
|
Paha
|
Slightly swollen
|
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Sikaiana
|
EC.PASA.1
|
P/pasa
|
Slightly swollen, inflamed
|
|
Tuvalu
|
EC.SOKE
|
Soke(soke)
|
Fish sp. (Trachinotus)
|
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Samoan
|
EC.SOKE
|
Soe/ago
|
Fish sp.
|
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Luangiua
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PN.TAMA.1C
|
Kama
|
Person. Mankind, people (Hbn).
|
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Niue
|
PN.TAMA.1C
|
Tama
|
People or tribe of a place
Problematic
|
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Nuguria
|
PN.TAMA.1C
|
Tama kato
|
Menschheit
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