| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Luangiua
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MP.QASU
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Asu
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Scoop up
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Luangiua
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NP.SAPA
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Haa/sapa
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Look out [of] side of eye
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Takuu
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AN.KIKILA
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Kkila
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Shine, glisten, be oily, covered with oil (as hands after eating fried food)
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Takuu
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EO.KINA.1
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Kina
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Sea worm (echiurid or sipunculid) used for food or bait; (of sea cucumber, worm etc.) become thin an elongated
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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OC.KILI-KILI
|
Kirikiri
|
Surface, gravel flooring
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Takuu
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FJ.KOFE.A
|
(Sa)kohe
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Shrub (Miscanthus floridulus), a swamp-growing indigenous bamboo...
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Takuu
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NP.KONA.2
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Kona
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Burp and partially regurgitate one's food
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Takuu
|
NP.KONA.2
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K/kona
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Have food stuck in one's throat (or the feeling thereof), have heartburn; belch up a bitter gastric fluid, belch, hiccough
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Takuu
|
TA.KOPA.3
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Koopa/na
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Broadly-curved indentation along the perimeter of an island; inlet, bay
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Takuu
|
NP.KOPI-TI
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K/kopi
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Narrow (as of canoe), too small, of insufficient size to accomodate an object
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Takuu
|
PN.KOWI.B
|
Kovi
|
Any insect which typically remains inside a house; by extension, a man habitually staying indoors instead of working
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|
Takuu
|
CP.QUMITI
|
Kur/umiti
|
Crave, long for (a food)
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Takuu
|
PN.LAMA.2A
|
Lama
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Black dye used in tattooing, made from the fruit of the hetau tree
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Takuu
|
SO.LEKA.3
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L/leka
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Burp and partially regurgitate one's food; hiccough
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Takuu
|
OC.LOO
|
Loo, roo
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Fly sp....; maggot, internal parasite (e.g. of a fish)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
PN.LOTO.B
|
Loto, roto
|
Lagoon; place where turtles are commonly found; encirclement of a shallow area with coconut leaves and progressively reducing the enclosure to catch the small fish
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Takuu
|
PN.LOHU
|
Lou, rou
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Long stick with a hook for picking fruit; use such a stick
|
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Takuu
|
MP.MAMA.2
|
Mama
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Chew, masticate (food for an infant); masticated food intended for an infant
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|
Takuu
|
OC.MANUKA.1
|
Manuka
|
Accidental injury (polite); scar; scratch or crack on a wooden object
|
|
Takuu
|
CE.MA-RIU
|
Mariu
|
Capable, skilful, good at something
Problematic
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Takuu
|
PN.MAALOO.A
|
Maaroo
|
Forceful, hard
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Takuu
|
FJ.MALU.B
|
Maru
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(of a canoe, roof, etc.) Watertight, not leaking
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Takuu
|
PN.MATA-FENUA
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Mata(a)henua
|
Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands)
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Takuu
|
EC.MIO.1B
|
M/mio
|
Whirlpool, water spiralling behind a ship's propellor, eddies, wake
|
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Takuu
|
PN.MUQA.B
|
Moo
|
(Postposed particle) indicating a degree of politeness...Please, go ahead and, go on and; first of all
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.QISI
|
Moo/isi
|
Few, small quantity
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Rennellese
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PN.MO-QI
|
Moʔi
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Fine, as hair, sennit, mats or print in a book
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Takuu
|
PN.MOTO.2A
|
Mooto/iake
|
Be a virgin
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Tuamotu
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TA.KOO-UA
|
Kooua
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A coconut at the first stage of development
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Tuamotu
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PN.MEQA.B
|
Mea
|
To do, deal with, perform (a non-descript predicative substituting for any action mentioned, understood or implied)
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Sikaiana
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OC.GAU
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N/nau
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Tough to eat, of food
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Takuu
|
CP.NOQA
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N/noa
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Knot; tie a knot; noose for shark fishing
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|
Takuu
|
OC.QOHO
|
Oo
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Provisions for a sea journey, comprising coconuts, but no cooked food
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Sikaiana
|
PN.OO.2
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Oo
|
Yes (declarative statement)
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Takuu
|
PN.OO.2
|
Oo
|
Exclamation of surprise
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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|
Takuu
|
PN.OKO.1
|
Oko
|
Gather or collect scattered items to be picked up one or a few at a time (e.g. shellfish, ripe coconuts, firewood)
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Takuu
|
PN.OSI
|
Osi
|
Young shoot of a plant that has developed from a sucker of an old plant
|
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Rennellese
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PN.QOTA-QOTA
|
ʔOtaʔota
|
Goods, articles, possessions, property
|
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Takuu
|
AN.QATO
|
Oto
|
Length of sennit cord long enough to attach one vertical row of thatch panels to a roof
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
PN.PAPA.1B
|
Ppaa
|
Flat surface, floor of a house, flat rock, reef flat
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.PAKI.2
|
Paki
|
Men's dance using stylised wooden clubs; club used in this dance
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Takuu
|
MP.PAKU.B
|
(P)paku
|
Burnt; dried out from overcooking
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Takuu
|
MP.PAKU.D
|
Paku
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Burnt, hard part of a food (e.g. rice); outer part of the core of a tree where the wood is dry and hard
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Takuu
|
NP.PAKU.C
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P/paku
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Indelible stain from the blood of a fish, turtle or human
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Sikaiana
|
XO.PAQIOLO
|
Paolo
|
A shovel like tool formerly made from the chest bone of turtle, used for sweeping and shovelling
|
|
Takuu
|
OC.PALAGI
|
Parani
|
Blue-dotted Hairtooth Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) and other spp.
|
|
Takuu
|
OC.POO.2
|
P/poo
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Cup one’s hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands
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|
Takuu
|
EP.POTI.2
|
Poo/poki
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Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab
Problematic
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|
Takuu
|
PN.POTU.1
|
Potu
|
Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house
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Takuu
|
MP.PUKU.1A
|
Puku/puku
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Bump, swelling, knot (in wood) or any other rounded protuberance
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