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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQUGA
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Mouna
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Mountain, hill (known from other islands); name of an elevated place on the main island...believed to have appeared first from the ocean in creation stories
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Nuguria
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OC.MUQA.A
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Mua
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(Be) first; front, in front of, before; in times of creation
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Nuguria
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NP.MUI
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Mui/mui
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Plenty in one spot (as six coconut trees together) (vi)
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Nuguria
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NP.MUKA.1B
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Muka/muka
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Immature coconut (soft shell, has milk but is not tasty)
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Nuguria
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MP.MURI.1A
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Muri
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Back, in back of, behind (n.loc.); backwards (adv.)
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Nuguria
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PN.MURI-WAQE
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Murivae
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Heel
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Nuguria
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NP.GUU.2
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Muu/kauhoe
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Small squid
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Nuguria
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PN.WAI-KELI
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Naa vai e keri
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Water well
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Nuguria
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PN.WAI-PUNA
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Naa vai e puna
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Spring (place of bubbling in the sea)
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Nuguria
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NP.GA-TASI
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Naatahi
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Together
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Nuguria
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FJ.GASAU
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Nahau
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Arrow (made of coconut trunk)
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Nuguria
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OC.NATU.2
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Natu
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A fruit/nut tree and its fruit (edible) (Tok Pisin bukbuk)
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Nuguria
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PN.GATALA
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Natura
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A kind of fish, locally called sweet lips
Problematic
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Nuguria
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OC.GAU
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Nau
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Chew (vt)
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Nuguria
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PN.NEFU.2A
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Nehu
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Fog, mist
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Nuguria
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NP.NEKE.1A
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Neke
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Move (vi)
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Nuguria
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CC.NIGI.*
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N/nini (pass. niini/a)
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Empty, pour out
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Nuguria
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PN.NEFU.2A
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N/nehu
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Get dark (in the twilight)
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Nuguria
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MP.GIGIE
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Nnia
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Tree sp. (very hard wood, grows on stones), and its wood
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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AN.QANUFE
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Nnohe
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Small insects which eat leaves
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.NOFU
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Nohu
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Stonefish
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Nuguria
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EO.OFAGA
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Ohana
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Nest
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Nuguria
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PN.OFO.A
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Oho
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Wake, awaken, wake up (from sleep)
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Nuguria
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PN.OI.2
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Oi
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Hey! (used to attract attention)
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Nuguria
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PN.HOKA.1
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Oka
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Rafter of house
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Nuguria
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PN.HOKO.2
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Oko
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Shell muscle
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Nuguria
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PN.OKO.1
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Oko/oko
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Gather, collect, pick up (shellfish, fruits on the ground)
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Nuguria
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AN.QONE
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One
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Sand islets in the sea
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Nuguria
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PN.OO.1
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Oo
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A kind of small fish used as bait
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Nuguria
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PN.OO.3
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Oo mai
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Come (from) (plural)
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Nuguria
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PN.QOPO
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Opo (sg.obj.), opo/opo (pl.obj.)
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Cover (e.g. earth oven), wrap (vt)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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PN.OLA.1
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Ora
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Life; live, be alive
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Nuguria
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FJ.OLO.3
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Oro
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Whet, sharpen (knife, axe)
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Nuguria
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FJ.OLO.3
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Oro/oro
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Grate (swamp taro)
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Nuguria
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AN.QOTA.1
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Ota
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Eat raw fish
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Nuguria
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AN.QOTI.A
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Oti
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(Be) finished, ended
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Nuguria
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AN.QATO
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Oto
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A kind of rafter (house roof); to thatch (vt)
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.PAA.1
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Paa/nihi
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Fence, paling (around a village or house)
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Nuguria
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AN.NIFI.1
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Paa/nihi
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Fence, paling (around a village or house)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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PN.PALE.1A
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Paare/a
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Push (away) (vt, pass.)
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Nuguria
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PN.PAQAUA
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Paaua
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Fish sp.: Needlefish
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Nuguria
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OC.PAE.1A
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Pae
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Fish trap made of stones; sea garden (of giant clams); sea wall (to prevent the sea from coming)
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Nuguria
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PN.PAQIKEA
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Paekea
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Sea crab
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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NO.PAKILAGI
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Pakilani
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A kind of strong tree
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West Uvea
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SO.MAQAA
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Maa
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Beau-frère
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Emae
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PN.MA-FOA.B
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Mafoa
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Etoile du matin
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Tuvalu
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PN.MA-FOA.B
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Mafoa
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Daybreak; broken into light (of the dawn)
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West Uvea
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PN.MA-FOA.B
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Mafoa
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Commencement de l'aube; point du jour
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Tongan
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PN.MA-FOA.B
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Mafoa
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(Day) break (subject ata)
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West Uvea
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PN.MA-MATE.2
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Maamate
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Cimetière
Problematic
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