Reconstruction Level: NP - Nuclear Polynesian
Reconstruction | Description |
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AE | Yes: *a(a)e |
QAFA-TEA | Tree (perhaps Nauclea sp.) |
AFE.1B | Stir, as a light body in the wind |
AAFUA | Form, appearance, likeness |
QAFULU | Fish sp., Goatfish (Mullidae) |
QAGA.2 | Shell |
QAGO.A | Thin (of person) |
QAO-ATEA | Late morning to early afternoon, midday *qao-(qa)tea |
QAA-I-LAA-NEI | Later today, soon *qaa-(i)-laa-(nei) |
ALAFI | To lead |
ALAALA | Fish sp. (Carangidae): *(q)ala(q)ala |
AALISI | : *(q)a(a)lisi |
QANA-I-LAA-NEI | Earlier today, not long ago |
ANAKE | Completely, only (postposed particle) |
AA-NEWA | Dizzy, unsteady, weak |
QANU.1 | Cold |
AO.2 | A dry or fleshless coconut |
QAO.2 | Authority, kingdom |
QAO.3 | Appropriate, suitable |
APAKULA | Legendary person |
AAPULU | Crowded; to sink (esp. of overcrowded vessel) |
ASOGAA | Shrub sp. (Pipturus sp.) |
ATA-LIKI | Son of a man (Clk) |
AATI | Join together as a group (of people): (`)aati |
QAU-AFI.* | Smoke *qa(s)u-afi |
QAU-KAI | Be hungry |
QAU-TALA | Remove spines or twigs |
QAU-TALU | To weed, clear land of weeds |
QAAWAGA.A | Spouse, married (Ebt) |
AWA-AWA | Small opening in reef (Rby) |
EI | Vocative |
ENE.2 | Ask for something |
EE-NEI | These (near speaker) |
ESI | Chase away, pursue: *(q)esi |
EWE.2 | Fish sp. (Epinephelus hexagonatus) (Hpr) |
FAEKO | Bad; intensifier: *fa(q)e(k)o |
FAAFAA-LUA | Manta ray (Manta sp.) |
FAGA.2 | Bay; valley (leading to the sea) |
FAAGAI.A | To feed, provide food for |
FAGA-LOA | A placename |
FAGO | Blow or speak through nose |
FAI.4 | Cat's cradle, string games |
FAQI | Rite, perform ritual: *fa(q)i |
FAAILU.* | Wipe anus |
FAA-QITA.* | Grimace, make faces |
FAITITILI.* | Thunder: *fa(a)i(ti)tili |
FAKA-TAGI | Play (musical instrument) |
FAKA-TASI | Join, together |
FAKATAU | Proper name, the avenger of Apakula's son: *(F,W)akatau |
FAKA-TULI | To act as though deaf; disobey |
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