| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Luangiua
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NO.SIKI-SIKI
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Sisiʔi
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Bird (red belly, black back)
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Takuu
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NO.SIKI-SIKI
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Sikisiki/tau
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Bird sp., small finch-like bird, Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens)
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Nuguria
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NO.SIKI-SIKI
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Hikihiki/tau
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Bird sp., red robin
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Luangiua
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NO.KAMI.3
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ʔAmi
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Step
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Takuu
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NO.KAMI.3
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Kami
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Walk briskly, toes gripping the ground
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Rennellese
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XO.KAO.4
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Ka/kao
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Tall and slender, as trees
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East Futuna
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Allumer; enflammer
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Tuvalu
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Light fire or lamp
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Tikopia
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Fakakaa
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Set alight; cause to burn (as tree felled for clearing ground)
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Anuta
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Pakaka
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To burn, as in burning a piece of wood
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Anuta
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Paka/ka/kaa
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To light (a fire)
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Rarotongan
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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ʔAkakaa
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Burn, ignite, light
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Whakakaa
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Inflame, incite
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Tahitian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Faa/a/a
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To kindle fire, to make it burn well; to cause food to be well cooked
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Hawaiian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hooʔaa
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To set on fire, burn, ignite, etc.
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Rennellese
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakakaa
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To light, as a match or lantern
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Akaa
|
To build an open fire
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Takuu
|
NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakkaa
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Light up, cause to burn, start (an engine)
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Sikaiana
|
NO.KAAPITI.2
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Kaapiti
|
A mat for flooring similar to a tapakau, but with only one side. (Shaped to cover a small area inside the house where a tapakau would not fit)
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Takuu
|
NO.KUPU.2
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Kipu
|
South, direction of the south wind
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Sikaiana
|
NO.KUPU.2
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Kupu
|
The south, the southern direction
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Nuguria
|
NO.KUPU.2
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Kipu
|
West wind, also west
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Tikopia
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
|
Couple, in count of coconuts; pair
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Ke/lua/oa
|
Four (fish) [i.e. two pairs]
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Luangiua
|
PN.HOA
|
Ha/ŋa/oa
|
Eight (counting in pairs)
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Takuu
|
PN.HOA
|
-oa
|
Unit of measurement for pairs of things other than coconuts (siaoa, ruaoa, torunaaoa...)
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Sikaiana
|
PN.HOA
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Si/a/oa
|
Cardinal number, two, when reporting numbers
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Nuguria
|
PN.HOA
|
Hi/a/oa
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Two (reporting), pair
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Samoan
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
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Classifying particle used for counting in pairs (obs.)
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Samoan
|
PN.HOA
|
Oa
|
A couple, commencing with the second, as: e luaaoa, e tolugaaoa, etc.
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Luangiua
|
XO.KATOKO
|
Akoʔo
|
Black, like frigate bird
|
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Takuu
|
XO.KATOKO
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Katoko
|
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
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Sikaiana
|
XO.KATOKO
|
Katoko
|
A seagull species
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Tikopia
|
XO.KATOKO
|
Katoko
|
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
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Rennellese
|
XO.KATOKO
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Katoko
|
Young stage of kanapu [Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster]
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Rennellese
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PN.SU-GALU
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Suungagu
|
Driftwood; to hang on to driftwood or to a life jacket
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Tikopia
|
PN.SU-GALU
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Ungaru
|
Driftwood; floating log, occ. used for small canoe or firewood
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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Ualoko
|
Row of vegetables; when, time
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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Uaaroto
|
Centre section, area in the middle; ritual name for a location inside the ariki’s house
|
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Sikaiana
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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Uua loto
|
The edge of the reef on the lagoon side
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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T/ungaalodo
|
Centre, middle, mid-point; halfway
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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Ungaa lodo
|
Middle part (of something round)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
|
XO.UA-LOTO
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Uuaaroto
|
Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples
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Tongan
|
PN.UALOLO
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Ualolo
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(Of a large number of people) To assemble and sit down suddenly
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Tongan
|
PN.UALOLO
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Uoo
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(of house, place, people) To be crowded (more or less) and noiisy
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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PN.UALOLO
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Ualolo
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S'attrouper, acourir en masse, venir en masse (obs.)
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Samoan
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PN.UALOLO
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Ualolo
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Crowds of people passing and repassing
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Tuvalu
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PN.UALOLO
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Ualolo (pl. uallolo)
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Stream up to, go together, walk together (of a crowd)
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Rennellese
|
PN.UALOLO
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Uagogo
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To be noisy, as a dance
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Nukuoro
|
PN.UALOLO
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Ua lolo
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A disturbance in the sea caused by schools of big fish feeding on little fish
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