| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
West Uvea
|
MP.SAQA.1
|
Saa/nga
|
Victimes (de guerre/épidémie)
|
|
Nuguria
|
FJ.TALA.3
|
Tara/tara
|
Untangle (a fishing line)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TALI.3A
|
Tari
|
Coconut frond or other cordage used for stringing fish
|
|
Nuguria
|
FJ.TALI.4
|
Tari
|
Transport and bring a large number of things from one place to another
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TALIE.1
|
Tarie
|
Fruit tree sp., locally called "okari nut" (Tok Pisin talisa) -- seeds are eaten
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TALO.1
|
Taro
|
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TAU.5
|
Tau
|
Arrive (at destination), come ashore (a boat)
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TAU.6
|
Tau
|
Decking covering bow and/or stern of a canoe
|
|
Nuguria
|
SO.TAU.10
|
Tau
|
Hurt, injure, wound; insult, swear
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TAU-QA
|
Taua
|
War, fighting; fight (of groups of people)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TAQUFUFU
|
Tauhuhu
|
Ridgepole (lower longitudinal beam at the apex of a roof)
|
|
Nuguria
|
NP.TAU-SINU.*
|
Tauhunu
|
Tree sp.
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TAUMAFA
|
Taumaha-tia
|
Curse, scold, swear
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TAUME
|
Taume
|
Spathe of coconut palm
|
|
Nuguria
|
OC.TAQO.2A
|
Tau/mi
|
Put on top of something [weigh down]
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Nuguria
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautari
|
Follow (pursue) (vt)
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TAUTU
|
Tautu
|
Porcupine fish (puffing fish)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TAWAKE
|
Tavake
|
Tropic bird
|
|
Nuguria
|
SO.TEQE-AI
|
Te (h)ai, teai
|
Be lacking, be absent, without; lose; no
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.MATA-QI-HUHU
|
Te mata te uu
|
Nipple (female)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.POKO.2
|
Poko/poko
|
Hole (in a tree)
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TIA.1B
|
Tia/tia
|
Net-like container for coconut shell containers, made of coconut fibre
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TILI.1A
|
Te tiri te ipu
|
A kind of game...
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TUQA.1B
|
Tua
|
Bridge (of the nose); keel (of boat)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.WAQE
|
Vae
|
Wheel (of vehicle)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TERE.A
|
Tere
|
Go (of boat)
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TIA.1B
|
Tia
|
Weave (a fishing net)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TISE
|
Tihee
|
Sneeze (vi)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TUFUGA
|
Tihuna
|
Expert
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TII.1
|
Tii
|
Plant: (Cordyline fruticosa)
|
|
Nuguria
|
NP.TINA-QI
|
Tiinai
|
Put out, extinguish (a fire)
|
|
Nuguria
|
NP.TINA-QI
|
Tiinai ki mate
|
Kill
|
|
Nuguria
|
OC.TIKA.A
|
Tika
|
Javelin used in war (both ends sharp); pitching game throwing a piece of wood with a rope wrapped around it
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.LITO.2
|
Tilo
|
Immature central leaves of coconut palm (used to fabricate fans, ritual necklaces and headbands, and to cook rice)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TUMU-QAKI
|
Timu
|
Crown of head
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TUPU.B
|
Tipu
|
Units of ten (counting)
|
|
Nuguria
|
EC.TIPUNA
|
Tipuna
|
Grandparent, great-grandparent
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TITI.2
|
Titi
|
Grass skirts (for men and women)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TOA
|
Toa
|
Tree sp.
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TOQA
|
Toa
|
Giants, people of long ago (mythological)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TOKI
|
Toki
|
Axe (for chopping trees)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TOKI
|
Toki/toki
|
Axe (similar to takuu, but smaller)
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TOKO.1A
|
Toko
|
Stick used in boat to punt; pole, punt a boat (paddle)
|
|
Nuguria
|
MP.TOGO
|
Tono
|
Mangrove tree (generic)
|
|
Nuguria
|
FJ.TONU.1A
|
Tonu
|
Correct, right (vi)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TOQO.1
|
Too
|
Get, obtain, take; borrow
|
|
Nuguria
|
XO.TO-TOKA
|
Tootoka
|
Door, gate
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TOLU
|
Toru
|
Three
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TATAA
|
Ttaa
|
Bailer of a canoe; to scoop water out of canoe
|
|
Nuguria
|
EO.TAFI
|
T(a)/tahi
|
Wipe, mop (vt)
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