| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poonia
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To be caught at sea when it is night, under unusual or unpleasant circumstances; not to reach a destination by nightfall
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Nukuoro
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PN.POO-GIA
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Boongia
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Be caught by darkness unexpectedly
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.POO-GIA
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Boina
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Be caught by nightfall; to return from outer islet after nightfall
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pongia
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Abortive, unsuccessful
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West Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pong/pongia
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Blackened with damp or wet, as leaves or bananas
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pooia
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Dark as the sky
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East Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poogia
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Etre pris par la nuit
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Tahitian
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PN.POGI-A
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Poʔia
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Faim; avoir faim
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Tongan
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PN.POGI-A
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Pongia
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Faint, collapse, swoon, lose consciousness, have a 'blackout'
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Sikaiana
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PN.POGI-A
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Ponia
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To be unable to see
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East Futuna
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PN.POGI-A
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Pogia
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Etre ébloui (phare, soleil); s'évanouir
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Samoan
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pogia
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Be benighted
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Tokelau
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poogia
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Be benighted, be late
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East Uvea
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PN.POGI-A
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(Po)pogia
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Défaillance; défaillir, s'évanouir
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Takuu
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Porapora
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Kind of basket made of coconut leaves...
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Nuguria
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Porapora
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Basket plaited of coconut leaves (for carrying food, tubers, etc., quickly woven, used and thrown away)
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Sikaiana
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PN.PORO-QAKI
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Poloaki
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To say goodbye
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Takuu
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PN.AMU
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Pu/amu
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(of adolescent) Ill-behaved, (of child) hyperactive
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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EC.PUU.5
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Pu/k(a)(u)oho
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Juvenile growth stage of squid
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Tokelau
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PN.PUGA.2A
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Puga
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Lymphatic gland in the groin
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Takuu
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XO.TAMAKI.2
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Puupuu taamaki
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Overeat, gorge oneself; feel bloated
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Sikaiana
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OC.PULAPULA
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Pulapula
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Offspring whose physical features resemble their male genitor
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Sikaiana
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NO.PUU-LOA
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Puloa
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A shell species
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Takuu
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NO.PUU-LOA
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Puuroa
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Shellfish sp. (Tritonis sp.)...
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Takuu
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CE.PURUGA
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Puruna
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Woman who is not young but is unmarried: widow, spinster
Problematic
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Luangiua
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PN.PUSAKI
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Pusaʔi
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Explode
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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AN.RAQA
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Mataa-raa
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Branch, twig
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Takuu
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EO.LALAFI
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Llafi
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Fish sp.
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Sikaiana
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MP.LAI
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Lai
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Fish sp.
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Takuu
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MP.LAKA.1
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Laka
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(of a woman) Beautiful, or skilful at making something
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAAKEI
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Laakei
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To be decorated with flowers
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Nuguria
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OC.LAGI.1
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Mahau/nani
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Type of women's song
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
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XO.GALO.3
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Niho ngalo
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Molar
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAU-GUTU
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Launutu
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The lips of a person (archaic); the rim of a basket
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Luangiua
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa
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Fin of shark
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Sikaiana
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa
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The fin of a shark
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Takuu
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laaraa
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Fixed dorsal fin of sharks, whales, porpoises and all large fish
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Pukapuka
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa/ila
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Small shark sp.
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Tokelau
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa/ila
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White-tipped Reef White Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), when very large
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Tuvalu
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa
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Dorsal fin
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Rennellese
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Gaagaa/ʔiga
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A kind of shark
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Rennellese
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Gaagaa
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Back and belly fin, as of the bagukango [skipjack] and hu'aaika [trevally] fish
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Sikaiana
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SO.LAQALAQA-TEA
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Laalaa tea
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Midday
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAU-PATA
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Laupata
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A tree species (macaranga?) used for some woodworking and firewood
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAU-QULU
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Laulu
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The hair on the scalp
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Sikaiana
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NP.LAWA-KA
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Lavaka
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To be capable to accomplish something, to be possible
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAWE.2B
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Lave
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To have met a person, to have lived when another lived or to have seen an event
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAWE-A
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Laavea
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To catch an illness; to be drunk, intoxicated
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Sikaiana
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OC.LELE.A
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Lle
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To fly; to flow, as a river flows; to bleed, as blood
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Tikopia
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NP.LELE.B
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Rere
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Traditional concept of entry into trance state; spirit held to "run" into medium, and so become manifest among men
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