| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
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Maauri/loo
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True; truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.MAMA.2
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Mama
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Chewed food (when you are eating)
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Nuguria
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OC.MANOGI
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Manoni
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Fragrant, smelling good; a good taste, as food with coconut oil
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.4
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Mara
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Fish sp., Trooper
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chips (of wood), sawdust; kneecap (maramara te turi); a white shell found on the shore
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Nuguria
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AN.MATA.2A
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Mata
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Raw, uncooked (taro, fish etc.)
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Nuguria
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AN.MASI.1
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M/mahi
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Sour, fermented, bad (of food)
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Nuguria
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CP.MA-MATA
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Mmata
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Look (at), look around
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Nuguria
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AN.MAQOHA
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Moa
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Cooked
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Nuguria
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SO.MOA.5
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Moa/moa, moo/moa
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Buttocks (rump); bottom (lower part) (e.g. of basket)
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Nuguria
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PN.MOHE-GA
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Moena
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A kind of mat (pandanus) used on floor and to cover dead people
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Nuguria
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CE.MOKO.4
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Moko
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New shoot of coconut
Problematic
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Nuguria
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MP.MOO-MONA
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Moomona
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Fat, grease; fatty (taste and smell, of fish and turtle)
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Nuguria
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CP.MATA-QI-TALIGA
|
Moomootarina
|
Hammerhead shark
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
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Smooth
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Nuguria
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MP.NAMO
|
Namu
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Lagoon
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.GIGIE
|
Nnia
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Tree sp. (very hard wood, grows on stones), and its wood
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.OO.1
|
Oo
|
A kind of small fish used as bait
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Nuguria
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PN.OO.3
|
Oo
|
Go (plural)
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Nuguria
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PN.OO.3
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Oo mai
|
Come (from) (plural)
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Nuguria
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AN.QATO
|
Oto
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A kind of rafter (house roof); to thatch (vt)
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.PAPA.1A
|
Papa
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Plank (of wood), timber
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Nuguria
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MP.PIA.1
|
Pia kerekere
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Arrowroot
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Nuguria
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MP.PIKO.A
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Piko
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Crooked, not straight
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Nuguria
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MP.PIKO.A
|
Piko/piko
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Twisted, crooked
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Nuguria
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OC.KOHO
|
Pito/koo
|
Stick used to husk coconuts; horns of cows, sheep, etc.
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Nuguria
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PN.POO-QULI
|
Poouri
|
Dark (n), darkness; dark (vi), obscure
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Samoan
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Polapola
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A double pola, used to carry food to chiefs; a flat-built canoe
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Nuguria
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MP.PAKU.B
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P/paku
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Burnt, brown and dried out from overcooking
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Nuguria
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PN.PUI.A
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P/pui
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Close, shut (the eyes, a door, a lid)
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Nuguria
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PN.PUPU.A
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Pupu
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Woods, thicket, bush
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Nuguria
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MP.PULU.1A
|
Puru
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Dried coconut husk, used to light fire and as toilet paper; broom made of coconut husk for cleaning canoes
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Nuguria
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OC.PUU.1
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Puu
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Shellfish sp. (inedible); trumpet (made of puu roa shell); containers to scoop water
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Nuguria
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PN.RAFO
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Raho
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Old shoots of pandanus
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Nuguria
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PN.LAULAU
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Raurau
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Small basket used to serve food (woven of coconut leaves)
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West Uvea
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OC.QOHO
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Oo/moe
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Vivres pour la journée
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Nuguria
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PN.LEI.1
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Rei
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Necklace made of whale tooth
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Nuguria
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NP.LOA.2
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Roo
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Intensifier
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Nuguria
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PN.LAQOA
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Roo/na
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Choke (on food etc.) (vi)
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Nuguria
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OC.LOA.1
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Roo/roa
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High, tall, long (also of time)
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Nuguria
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PN.LOHU
|
Rou
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A pole with a hook used to pluck coconuts
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Nuguria
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PN.LOFI
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R/rohi (pass. roohi/a)
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Flood, inundate
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Nuguria
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FJ.LOLO-QI.A
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R/roi (younger), ro/roi (older)
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Prepare food with coconut cream
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Nuguria
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PN.TAA.1C
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Taa/taa (pass. taa/taa/ina)
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Tattoo (n); write, draw; writing (n)
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Nuguria
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EO.TAQO.1
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Taau/mi
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Put food inside of the earth oven
Problematic
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Nuguria
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MP.TAHI.1
|
Tai
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Sea water; shore, shallow sea near shore; tide; (n.loc.) lagoonward, front of the island (direction)
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Nuguria
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PN.TAGA-TAGA
|
Tantana
|
Loose
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Nuguria
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EO.TAQO.1
|
Tao
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Cook in earth oven (in leaf packets)
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Nuguria
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PN.TAPU-WAQE
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Tapuvae
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Footprint (of men and birds)
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Nuguria
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tara (sg.obj.), t/tara (pl.obj.)
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Loosen, release, set free, uncoil, let go; open (a mat)
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