| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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NO.SEE.4
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Hee/hee
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Seek, look for (food, fish, firewood)
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Takuu
|
FJ.FUA-.2
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Se/hua
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One thousand (coconuts); one hundred kina (money)
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Nuguria
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FJ.FUA-.2
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He/hua, se/hua
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Thousand (counting money and coconuts) [Takuu word?]
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Takuu
|
EC.FUI
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Se/fui
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Five pairs (of coconuts); ten (shillings)
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Sikaiana
|
PN.KUMI.1
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Se/kumi
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Ten fathoms, of length
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Takuu
|
PN.SEGI.A
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S/seni
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Dim, indistinct, almost dark or blind; periods before sunrise and after sunset: dawn, dusk
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Takuu
|
SO.SEPE
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Sepe/sepe
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Decapitate
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Kapingamarangi
|
NO.SEPU
|
Hebu
|
Dive
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Luangiua
|
NO.SEPU
|
Sepu
|
Dive
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Luangiua
|
NO.SEPU
|
Sepu/sepu
|
Diving
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Nuguria
|
NO.SEPU
|
Sepu-, hepu- (with directional)
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Descend, go down (e.g. from tree)
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Sikaiana
|
NO.SEPU
|
Sepu
|
Dive from the surface of the water to underneath
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Takuu
|
NO.SEPU
|
Sepu
|
Step down, disembark; dive (for something)
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Nukuoro
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NO.SEPU
|
Sebu
|
Seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
EO.SELE.2
|
Se(r)e/sere
|
Knife
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Nuguria
|
PN.SII.1
|
Vaka-hii
|
A method of fishing, catching tuna by casting...
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Nuguria
|
CP.SISI.3
|
Hihi
|
Shell meat, lips of clamshells
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Luangiua
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
S/siʔi
|
Beginning and ending of mats - plait
|
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Takuu
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PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
|
Finish the edge (of a mat) in plaiting, by bending back the ends of the strands and plaiting towards the interior
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Sikaiana
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki/siki
|
The method of weaving/plaiting used for the end of a mat (vasa)
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Higi
|
Technique of finishing a mat edge
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Sigi
|
A technique of finishing a mat edge
|
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Sikaiana
|
SO.SIKI.1B
|
S/siki
|
A traditional midwife who supervised the mother during her pregnancy and childbirth
|
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Takuu
|
SO.SIKI.1B
|
S/siki
|
Female assistant to a clan elder in former days
|
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West Uvea
|
SO.SIKI.1C
|
Siki/siki
|
Faire des bordées
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Kapingamarangi
|
SO.SIKI.1C
|
Higi
|
To tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
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Nukuoro
|
SO.SIKI.1B
|
Sigi
|
To assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal)
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Nukuoro
|
SO.SIKI.1C
|
Sigi
|
To tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
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Tokelau
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PN.SIKI.2
|
Hiki
|
(in weaving a mat, fan, or hat) The finishing section where the weaving threads are turned back to lock them into place
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Tuvalu
|
OC.SIKI.1A
|
Siki
|
Lift up
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Tuvalu
|
SO.SIKI.1C
|
S/siki
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To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat
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Tokelau
|
SO.SIKI.1B
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Hi/hiki
|
Midwife, midwifery; to be a midwife
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East Futuna
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PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
|
Façon de tresser les nattes (plus un numéral)...
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East Uvea
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SO.SIKI.1B
|
Hiki/hiki te fatu
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Manipuler une femme enceinte
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Samoan
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PN.SIKI.2
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Si/siʔi
|
To make a fringe
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Tongan
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Hiki
|
To edge (a kie) with red feathers or other such decoration
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Tikopia
|
OC.SIKI.1A
|
Siki
|
Lift up; hold in arms; catch in hands
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Tikopia
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
|
Finish, complete (applied to plaiting, netting, etc.)
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East Futuna
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PN.SIKI.1D
|
Siki
|
Recopier, traduire
|
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East Uvea
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Hiki
|
Transcrire, copier, traduire
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Higi
|
To duplicate
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Samoan
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Siʔi
|
To quote from a book
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Tokelau
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Hiki
|
To quote, cite
|
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Tongan
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Hiki
|
To copy, to quote
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Mota
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Siki
|
Quote, copy
|
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Tokelau
|
SO.SIKI.3
|
Hiki
|
Heavy wooden club carried in a fishing canoe for killing large fish...
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Tuvalu
|
SO.SIKI.3
|
Siki
|
Stick used to club fish with (Kennedy)
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Tuvalu
|
SO.SIKI.3
|
Hiki
|
A stick kept in a canoe to help lift; hit a fish with such a stick
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Tikopia
|
SO.SIKI.3
|
Siki
|
Fishing club; shark club
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Rennellese
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PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
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To finish house thatching by cutting extended endings; to make the final side of a mat, or final seam or hem of a dress
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