| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maunu
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To untie a strip of bark-cloth, so that a *popora*-type basket falls from a woman's back
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Rennellese
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OC.TIFA.1A
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Tiha
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To be or appear white, as some flowers, or sun-bleached *kie* leaves; said esp. of vertical objects
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Anuta
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MP.MAQULI
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Mauri
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Soul
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Anuta
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PN.MAQU-QALUGA
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Maurunga
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High (in rank)
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Tongan
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/paa
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Gate, door, or window
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/a ulufaga
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Entrée (d'un domaine)
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West Uvea
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/faiaa
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Porte d'entrée; entrée de la barrière de la chefferie
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Takuu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata-
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In compounds denoting an opening or entrance
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Emae
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/feiaa
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Door
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Rennellese
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PN.MATA.5
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Mataa ʔaa
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Gate, fence opening
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Anuta
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PN.MELO
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Me/mero
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Pink
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Anuta
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PN.MOSO.2
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Mo
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Cooked, in any manner (baked, roasted, boiled)
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Anuta
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MP.MOHE
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Moe (pl. mo/moe, moe/raki)
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To sleep
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Luangiua
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OC.PILI.2
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Moʔo/pili
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Schwarze Eidechse [black lizard]
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Anuta
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PN.MORI.A
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Mo/mori
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To send (an object)
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Anuta
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NP.MOAGA
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Mooanga
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Fish sp. (= apuru)
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Anuta
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu/motu
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To cut up or split
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Anuta
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PN.MAUMAU.1
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Moumou/i
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To spoil, destroy
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Anuta
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PN.MAUNU
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Mounu
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Bait
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Anuta
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PN.MUQA-KI
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Mua
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To go first
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Anuta
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EO.MU-MUNI
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Muni/muni
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A game in which people hide
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Anuta
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SO.MUQA-GA-LAQE
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Mungaarai
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Forehead
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Anuta
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PN.MURI.1B
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Muri
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Back, the rear portion of something
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Anuta
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AN.NAMU.1A
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Na/namu
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To have an unpleasant odour, to stink; sour, pungent or other disagreeable odour, such as the smell of *ma*, or rotten fish
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Anuta
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SO.NEVE
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Neve/nga
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A load carried by a woman by tying it to her back with a strip of barkcloth
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Anuta
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??.QATAMAI.B
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Nima atamai
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Right arm, right hand
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Anuta
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
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Young coconut
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Anuta
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PN.MATUQU.B
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Niu matuu
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Mature coconut (before the stage where the liquid congeals to form the *oko*)
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Anuta
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Coconut before it has become fully mature and fallen from the tree
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Anuta
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PN.QUI
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Niu vi
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Green coconut
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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No/noa
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Promise (n,v)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Anuta
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EO.NOO-GIA
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No/nongi
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To ask for something; a request
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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Noo/kapa
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A belt made from sennit cord
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Anuta
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SO.GAA-QUTA
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Ngauta
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Landward, ashore, inland, toward the centre of the island
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Anuta
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OC.-GA
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-nga
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Substantive suffix, often used to change a verb to a noun
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Anuta
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CE.AAIO
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Ng/aaio
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Calm weather; sometimes used as generic term for weather
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Tikopia
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CE.AAIO
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Ng/aio
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Calm; lack of wind
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Anuta
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CE.GAKI.A
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Ngaki
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To be short of wind
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Luangiua
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PN.TUQU.3A
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Ku/ku/kia
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Abschneiden [cut off (several things)]
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Anuta
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OC.KAO.3
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Ngao, ngau
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A kind of bird
Problematic
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Anuta
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PN.PULE.2
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Nga(a)/pure
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Married man
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Anuta
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PN.GATALA
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Ngatara
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A kind of reef fish...
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Anuta
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PN.GAAWARI
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Ngavari
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Slack (as a fishing line)
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Anuta
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PN.MO-QI
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Ngo
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Prefix indicating that an object has in some way been altered in such a manner as to prepare it for use (e.g. ngo-ika 'piece of cooked fish', ngo-paka 'piece of tobacco ready for smoking')
Problematic
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Anuta
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CP.GOGO.1
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Ngongo
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A type of bird
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Anuta
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PN.KOLE
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Ngutu korekore
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To curse someone or shout in anger
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Anuta
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PN.HOKA.1
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Oka
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Transverse beams supporting roof of house
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Mangaia
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EO.HOKA.2
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ʔOka/a kina
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Lever off and collect sea urchins
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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AN.ONO
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Ono
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Six
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Anuta
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AN.QOTI.A
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Oti/ka
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And then
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