Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Easter Island
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PN.WELO.1
|
Vero
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Throw; stab. Throw (a sharp pointed object, e.g. a knife, harpoon, sharpened stick) (Wbr).
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Pukapuka
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PN.WELO.1
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Velo
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Spear, thrust into. Shine directly, pierce (as sun's rays, moonbeams) (Sby). To hurl, to spear, to spring up (Bge).
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Rennellese
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PN.WELO.1
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Bego
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Spear, shoot forth, as a canoe in the current
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Anuta
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SO.VENE
|
Vene
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A strip of barkcloth used to tie a *poopora* type basket to a woman's back
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Hawaiian
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CE.WESE.*
|
Wehe
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Open, undo, untie, loosen
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Niue
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CE.WESE.*
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Ma/vehe
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To part, say goodbye; to promise
Problematic
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Easter Island
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PN.WETE.1
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Ve/vete
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Loosen, untie
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Hawaiian
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PN.WETE.1
|
Weke
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To separate, loosen, free; crack, narrow opening; open a crack, as a door
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete/a
|
Untie, unwind, loosen, forgive
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Samoan
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PN.WETE.1
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Ve/vete/
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Open up a bundle of food wrapped in leaves
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Tikopia
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete
|
Untie, loosen
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Tokelau
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete
|
Break open, open up, split; dismantle, demolish, take apart; burgle, loot, vandalise; plunder, loot, spoil
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Tongan
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete
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Loose, unloose, unfasten, untie, undo, unpack, unwind, unstitch etc.; release; take off (clothes); confess (wrongdoing)
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Tuamotu
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete
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Separate, slip off- one leaf; be apportioned out (as food)
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West Futuna
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PN.WETE.1
|
Vete-a
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Untie, loosen, open, unsnarl. Dérouler la ligne; oter (vêtements) (Rve).
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Tahitian
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PN.WETE.2
|
Vete
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Barbillon, poisson de la famille des Mullidae (Mulloidichthys samoensis) quand il atteint une grande taille après être passé par le stade `oouma
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Easter Island
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CE.WEU.1
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Veu
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Roots of certain plants (kuumara, yam)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.WEU.1
|
Weu
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Fibre, rootlet; single hair; tuft of hair used ritually
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Penrhyn
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CE.WEU.1
|
Veu
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Tassel-decoration, loose ends for fans and hats
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Tahitian
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CE.WEU.1
|
Veu
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Downy hair, a woolly kind of hair, a sort of fringe on the border of a garment; the downy hair of a dog; to have a downy or shaggy border
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East Futuna
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SO.VEVE
|
Veve
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Mat placed over food in oven.
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Tokelau
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SO.VEVE
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Veve
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Leaves used in previous oven directly above food, now used as outer layer
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East Futuna
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
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Mats covering food in earth oven
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Tokelau
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PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Topmost covering of an oven, usually leaves; property of a poor person
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Easter Island
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EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Poor
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Rarotongan
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EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Poor, short of, indigent
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Tuamotu
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EP.WEWE.B
|
Veve
|
Poor, poverty stricken
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Nukuoro
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PN.WII.B
|
Vii
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Fermented, spoiled of food left too long
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Luangiua
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PN.WILI.2
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Vili
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Talking too much, showing off
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Pukapuka
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CE.WIWO
|
Viivoo
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Leaflet Jew's harp, toy
Problematic
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Tuamotu
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CE.WIWO
|
Viivoo
|
The nose flute
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Kapingamarangi
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EO.LAQU.1
|
Lau
|
Hooked
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Emae
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PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
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Loose
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Hawaiian
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AN.KAI.1A
|
ʔAi
|
Food, eat
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-QULI
|
Kookauʔuli
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Niua name of the ngatata (Alectryon sp.)
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Waya
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EO.FAO
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Vaaoo
|
Tree sp. (Neisosperma oppositifolia)
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Nukumanu
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OC.KIATO
|
Kiato
|
Outrigger boom
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Luangiua
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PN.FAALOO.A
|
Halakoo
|
Stretch
Phonologically Irregular
|
Luangiua
|
EO.KESE
|
ʔEhe
|
Too soon
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Nukumanu
|
OC.LOA.1
|
Loo/loa
|
Long
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Nukumanu
|
CP.GOGO.1
|
Nonoo
|
Booby
|
Nukumanu
|
SO.KANAPU.1
|
Kanopu
|
Large brown booby
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Tongan
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PN.HAALIQA
|
Haaliʔa
|
Small depression in shallow sea or lagoon
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.HOORUA
|
Hoorua
|
Toboggan down a hillside on the branch of a tree
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Hawaiian
|
CE.HOORUA
|
Hoolua
|
Sled, especially the ancient sled used on grassy slopes; the sled course
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Takuu
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EC.NAMU.1B
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N/namu
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Try a food, taste
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.FAKA-QILO
|
Hagailoo
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To notify; to announce
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FAKA-QILO-GA
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Whakairo
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Ornament with a pattern -- used of carving, tattooing, painting, weaving
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Tuamotu
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PN.FIA-KAI
|
Hiakai
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To suffer with hunger, hanker for food
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.AKA.A
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Aka
|
Root
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