| Language |
Item |
Description |
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Atiu
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Rongomataane-ariki
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Chief of Aatiu who came to Mitiaaro with the missionary John Williams in 1823
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East Futuna
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Sakulaa
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Swordfish, garfish (I)
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East Uvea
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Ago
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Keep a liquid from dispersing by damming it up in some way (e.g. soup in a banana leaf)
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East Uvea
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Fia-
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Verbal prefix indicating wish, desire
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East Uvea
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Lano
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In names of lakes on the island
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East Uvea
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O
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Same actor conjunction ; pour, à. S'emploie après un verbe de movement et exprime le but et la consèquence
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East Uvea
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Taulekaleka
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Young man
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East Uvea
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Sinilau
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Handsome villain in legendary stories
Problematic
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Fijian
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Dakai ni vanua
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Cannon
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Fijian
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Via-
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Verbal prefix indicating wish, desire
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Fijian
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Gasau
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Reed, arrow
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Fijian
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Cigana
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Whitebait (Nadrogaa dialect)
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Fijian
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Kata/kata
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Hot
Problematic
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Fijian
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Caicai-wai
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Dragonfly
Problematic
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Fijian
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Ya/qona/
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A plant (Piper methysticum) and intoxicating drink made from it
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Fijian
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I/lavo
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Disc-shaped seed of the waalai vine
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Fijian
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Raki/raki
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Place on north coast
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Fijian
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Lesu
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Return
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Fijian
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Magiti
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Food, especially vegetable food
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Fijian
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Manaa
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A large prawn living in burrow in mud
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Fijian
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Masaki
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Cross-cousin ? (dial.)
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Fijian
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Matau
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Axe. Eastern dialects
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Fijian
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Me
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Prescriptive particle, 1st and 3rd person
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Fijian
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Sara
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Intensive (postposed), very
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Fijian
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Toso
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"Pull" a woman, i.e. to persuade or force her to have sex
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Fijian
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Gane-
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Brother of a woman
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Fijian
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Dule/wai
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A name for dragonfly (said to mean water-copulator)
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Fijian
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Gunu/va
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Drink
Problematic
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Ifira-Mele
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Forau
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Travel by land or sea
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Ifira-Mele
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Oka/a
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To husk coconut
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Ifira-Mele
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Susu
|
Breast
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Ifira-Mele
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Mu/kaka
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Clothlike fibrous material enclosing base of Coconut palm fronds
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Ifira-Mele
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Iore
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Yes
Problematic
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Ifira-Mele
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Raa
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Sail
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Ifira-Mele
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Rae/rae
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Forehead
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Ifira-Mele
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Marie
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Good
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Ifira-Mele
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Moa
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Cooked
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Ifira-Mele
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Tua
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Far out to sea
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Mangareva
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ʔAka
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To dance in traditional fashion; dance accompanied by chant, usually of a warlike nature
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Mangareva
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Tokoe
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Second person singular possessive adjective
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Marquesas
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I/a/
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Case marker before personal names and personal pronouns
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Marquesas
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Puu/ahi. Pu/ahi (Lch). Bu/áhhi (Crk).
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Sandalwood tree. Bois de santal (Lch).
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Marquesas
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Puuhaa. Puha (Lch) (Atl).
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Thigh. Cuisse, jambe (Lch).
Phonologically Irregular
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Marquesas
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Kaapiti. Kapiti (Lch) (Atl).
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Package, bundle, bolt (of cloth). Paquet, ballot, pièce d'étoffe, mise en rouleau (Lch). Coupon (de tissu), remnant (of material) (Atl).
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Marquesas
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Keekee
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Armpit (NKH) (Ua Pou - Mtu)
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Marquesas
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ʔOmo
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Suck
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Marquesas
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Koopeka/peka/
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Swiftlet
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Marquesas
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Ku
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Perfect aspect marker in phrases of more than two following vowels
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Marquesas
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U(a)
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Verbal particle, perfect aspect. U before bases of more than two morae
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Marquesas
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Kuʔu/hua
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Yellow. Couvert de..., imprégné de safran (Lch).
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