| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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FJ.TOLOA.A
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Toroa
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Brown booby
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.TOTO.1
|
Toto
|
Blood
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.UNU.1
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Unu/hi
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Take off (footwear); remove. Pull up, out, off (Sve).
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.WAQE
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Vae(vae), wae/wae
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Leg, foot
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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OC.WAWE
|
Vave
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Quick; soon
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.WIKI.1
|
Vi/viki
|
Too quickly; hurry
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.QAATEA
|
Aadee
|
Clear (place); unencumbered, not busy; stage of ground oven when hot enough for cooking
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Luangiua
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PN.KAU.4
|
ʔAu laveŋa
|
Fish hook, 1'6" long
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
|
PN.PALE-PALE
|
Palepale
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Platform on which copra is put out to dry; shelter consisting of a roof (usually of coconut leaves) on tall posts; scaffolding; trellis
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Tuvalu
|
FJ.TOLO.3
|
Tolo
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Rub foot back and forth, to scratch foot, kill insect etc
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TOO-MUQA
|
Toomua
|
Early
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TOTO.1
|
Toto
|
Blood
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Tuvalu
|
EO.TUFA.1
|
Tufa
|
Share, distribute (of goods)
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Tuvalu
|
NP.TUGA-TUGA
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Tugatuga
|
Rough (of road, table, floor etc)
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TUQU-RAGA
|
Tuulaga vae
|
Footprint
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Tuvalu
|
SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO
|
Vae lua a poo. Valuaapoo (Jsn).
|
Midnight
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Tuvalu
|
PN.TUQU-RUA-POO
|
Vae lua a poo
|
Midnight
Problematic
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Tuvalu
|
AN.TUNU
|
Tunu
|
Cook
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Tuvalu
|
AN.TUPU.A
|
Tupu
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Grow; shoot (of plant)
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Tuvalu
|
OC.TUPUQA.A
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Tupua
|
God; pre-christian wooden gods
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Tuvalu
|
AN.UNU.1
|
Unu
|
Pull out (e.g. tooth, boundary stone)
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Tuvalu
|
NP.USI.2
|
Uhi
|
Shoot (of coconut tree)
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Tuvalu
|
AN.QUTA.1
|
Uta
|
Inland (relative to speaker); shore (from lagoon)
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Tuvalu
|
PN.WALE.2
|
Vale
|
Mad, foolish
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Tuvalu
|
OC.WAWE
|
Vave
|
Soon
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Tuvalu
|
LO.WELETI
|
Oolesi
|
Papaw (Ldn)
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Tuvalu
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Fermented (of food); sour; stage in fermentation of kaleve [toddy] when it has not yet reached the drinkable kamagii stage
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Tongan
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PN.PALE-TUQA
|
Paaletuʔa
|
Shield; person to whom we look for protection, on whom we habitually depend; heavy stick for killing sharks
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Ra'ivavae
|
PN.HIGOA
|
Iŋooa, iʔo(o)a
|
Name
|
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Ra'ivavae
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Matau
|
Fishhook
|
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Ra'ivavae
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FJ.KOFE.A
|
Kohe, ʔohe
|
Bamboo
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.HAGA.2
|
Aŋa
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To look at. Gaze at, regard (Stn).
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.AKA.A
|
(ʔ)Aʔa
|
Root
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.OO.2
|
ʔOo
|
Oh; yes
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.MOANA
|
Mooaaŋa, moana
|
Sea, ocean
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.WAHIE
|
Vahiie
|
Kindling wood, sticks for a fire
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Tongan
|
PN.HEKE-GA
|
Hekenga
|
Perch, roost (n)
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Rennellese
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PN.HEKE-GA
|
Ekengaa heke
|
School of octopus
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Samoan
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PN.FE-TOKAKI
|
Fetooaʔi
|
Hesitant, irresolute; at cross-purposes, at loggerheads
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Waya
|
CP.QULU-QULU
|
Ululu
|
Pool or sandbar at mouth of a stream
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.TAFOLA.2
|
Tahora
|
A smooth flat beach having no large stones; a shallow flat just under water
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAFOLA.2
|
Tahora
|
Expanse of rocks and sand between the larger rocks in the lagoon, where people dive
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Niuafo'ou
|
AN.AKA.A
|
Aka
|
Root
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
OC.FAFIE
|
Fafie
|
Firewood
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.RAQA-KAU.A
|
ʔAkau
|
Wood
Borrowed
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
OC.KIATO
|
Kiato
|
Outrigger boom
|
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Niuafo'ou
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FJ.KOFE.A
|
Kofe
|
Bamboo
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
AN.NIFO
|
Nifo
|
Tooth
|
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Niuafo'ou
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MP.POO.1A
|
Poo
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Night. Become night (Tmo).
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Niuafo'ou
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OC.TAPU
|
Tapu
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Taboo. Sacred (Tmo).
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