| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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FJ.KOFE.B
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Kohe-a
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Peel (skin); scrape (a koo [digging stick])
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Takuu
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NO.KUNU
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Kunu
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Adult stage of an edible clam which burrows into the reef (Tridacna maxima, T. crocea)
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Sikaiana
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NO.KUNU
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Kunu
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A species of oyster, popular food on Sikaiana
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Nuguria
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NO.KUNU
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Kunu
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A kind of shellfish (small, grows on stones, edible)
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Sikaiana
|
AN.KULO
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Kulo
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A multi‑purpose basket made of coconut leaf {paakele} that can be used as a hat or for carrying food
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Sikaiana
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CP.QUMITI
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(Kili)umiti
|
To be hungry for fish or some meat
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Takuu
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SO.MAQAA
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(Hai)maa
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Kinship term applied to certain affinal relatives
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Sikaiana
|
SO.MAQAA
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Maa
|
Same-generation in‑laws (everyone spouse calls taina or kave; anyone who is a married to a taina or kave). (a respect relationship). Some speakers generalize this term to include all in‑laws, regardless of generation.
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Sikaiana
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahana
|
To be pulled out; to be separated in time or distance
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Nuguria
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahana
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Loose, free (e.g. rope); take off (of a bird)
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East Futuna
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EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mafaga
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Petit morceau d'écorce de murier brute et tapée servant à compléter ;es deix couches principales du "siapo"
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mafaga
|
Be peeling (of skin)
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Kapingamarangi
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Noho haga/mahanga
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To sit with legs spread
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Nukuoro
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahanga
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Be split open
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Takuu
|
SO.MA-FULE
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Mafure
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Peel (of skin); scraped skin, wound of this type
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Sikaiana
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AN.MAI.A
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Mai
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Direction marker (follows verb): hither, towards the speaker
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Nuguria
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AN.MAI.A
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Mai
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Postposed directional particle: here, to me, for me
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Luangiua
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XO.MA-ISU
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Maisu
|
Face
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Nukumanu
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XO.MA-ISU
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Maihu
|
Face
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West Futuna
|
XO.MA-ISU
|
Maisu vaka
|
Figurehead of canoe
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.KUGA
|
Gunga
|
Section
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Nukuoro
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XO.KUGA
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Lo gunga
|
Inside the corner of
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Takuu
|
PN.MA-KILA
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Makila
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Shiny, glistening
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Nuguria
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XO.MA-ISU
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Maisu
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Lips, area around the mouth
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Sikaiana
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CP.MATA-QI-TALIGA
|
Mumutalina
|
Hammerhead shark
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MANATU
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Maanatu
|
To think back, to remember
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Sikaiana
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AN.MA-NIFI
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Maanihi
|
To be thin, of flat objects
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Sikaiana
|
AN.MANU.1A
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Manu
|
Generic term for any animal of the air or on land, including large insects; generic term for all birds.
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
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Maauri-loo
|
Truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
|
PN.MAQOLI
|
Ha-maauri
|
True, truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.MA-RAMA.B
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Malaama/na
|
The world, the universe, the cosmos
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MA-LAGA.1
|
Marana
|
To be pried up; to be peeling (as paint peels)
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Sikaiana
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MP.MALU.A
|
Malu
|
To be shaded, of an area protected from the sun and rain
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Luangiua
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XO.MA-SIKE
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Masiʔe
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Rise up. Aufstehen [stand up, get up] (Sar).
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Tikopia
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XO.MA-SIKE
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Masike
|
Rise, get up
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West Futuna
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XO.MA-SIKE
|
Masike(i)
|
To arise, stand up; to marry, be married (because the couple stand up before the people)
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Nukumanu
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XO.MA-SIKE
|
Mahike (pl. mahhike)
|
Arise, get up
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Sikaiana
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XO.MA-SIKE
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Masike/sike
|
To fidget, be disturbed, be unable to sit still
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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XO.MA-SIKE
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Masike, mahike (pl. mahhike)
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Arise, get up, wake up, stand up after sleep
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Takuu
|
XO.MA-SIKE
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Masike (pl. massike)
|
Stand up, get up; (of the wind) pick up, increase in strength; (of engine) start, fire
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Nuguria
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PN.MAASINA
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Maahina
|
Light (n); shine, shiny
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MATA-QALI
|
Mata
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To have grown flesh inside, of a green coconut
Problematic
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Sikaiana
|
CP.MA-MATA
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Mmata
|
Look, examine, inspect
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Sikaiana
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PN.MATA-FENUA
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Mata henua
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The point or tip of the island, promontory
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Takuu
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NO.MATA-KAINA
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Matakaaina
|
Place, area, location
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Luangiua
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NO.MATA-KAINA
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Makaʔiŋa
|
Village
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Nukumanu
|
NO.MATA-KAINA
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Matakaina
|
Town, city; household, home place
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Takuu
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NO.MATA-PUKU
|
Matapuku
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Fish sp., Papuan Trevally (Caranx sansun) [second largest growth stage]
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Nuguria
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NO.MATA-PUKU
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Matapuku
|
Big eye trevally
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Sikaiana
|
NO.MATA-PUKU
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Matapuku
|
Fish sp., trevally [largest growth stage]
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