Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Tikopia
|
PN.TULEKI-NA
|
Tureki
|
Turn over; overturn; upset
|
Tongan
|
PN.SAA-KILI.1
|
Hakili
|
To make a thorough examination of (looking in every nook and corner) in searching for something
|
Ifira-Mele
|
EC.UKAU
|
Kau
|
Skin disease (possibly elephantiasis)
|
Ifira-Mele
|
CP.KONO
|
Kono/kono
|
Kind of fighting spear
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.TUQU-TAKI
|
Tuutaki
|
Joint (of body)
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.TUQU-TAKI
|
Tuutaki/na
|
To join (vt).
|
Samoan
|
CP.POQOI
|
Poi
|
Kind of food made by mashing ripe bananas and coconut cream
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MAA-HINA
|
Maina
|
Kindle
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Tongan
|
MP.QOLOGAA
|
ʔOlongaa
|
A kind of tree with greyish leaves. (Its bark was formerly used for making string.)
|
Tongan
|
FJ.HOGAHOGA.A
|
Hongohongo
|
A kind of nettle (Urticaceae)
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.NITI
|
Liki
|
To tighten, gird on; to pucker; stiff
Phonologically Irregular
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.NITI
|
Liki/liki
|
Tight
Phonologically Irregular
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.PATA.1B
|
Paka/lua
|
Wrinkled, coarse, as skin or bark; encrusted, as with grime or rust
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Nukuoro
|
EC.AA.1
|
L/aa kinei
|
Around here
|
Marquesas
|
CE.AKIAKI.B
|
Akiaki
|
Clair, transparent
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.AKIAKI.B
|
V/aki/v/aki
|
White; as a turtle egg
|
Tongan
|
CE.AKIAKI.B
|
Hina/ekiaki
|
White and clean but not actually glistening
|
Ifira-Mele
|
OC.KELI
|
Kiri/kina
|
Set up a post in the ground...
|
Ifira-Mele
|
OC.LOTO.A
|
Ki/roto
|
Middle child
|
Ifira-Mele
|
CP.QUMITI
|
Rog/mwiji/kina
|
Relish, enjoy the taste of something
Problematic
|
Tongan
|
PN.MA-QALI
|
Maaʔali/fekina
|
To notice or get a glimpse of something or someone flitting by
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MA-QALI
|
Maʔali/fakina
|
Ignorer, ne pas comprendre (obs)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Tuvalu
|
CP.TUKU.A
|
Ma/tuku ki lalo
|
To drop down, recede [ex. population]
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.TAU-.14
|
Tau
|
Fruit marking prefix
|
Tuvalu
|
MP.SUKI.A
|
Suki
|
Horn, incisor, canine tooth
|
Tuvalu
|
MP.SUKI.A
|
S/suki
|
To stab; give an injection
|
Tuvalu
|
MP.SUKI.A
|
Ma/suki/suki
|
To pain, ache; to have stabbing pains; (of cold) biting
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.SIKI.1E
|
Hiki
|
Shift a house; replant
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.SIKI.1E
|
Siki
|
Move, shift
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.SEKE.1A
|
S/seke
|
To ski, surf, slip
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.KIKI.1
|
Kiki
|
To eat one food with another; to mix foods in the mouth. Protein (may refer to meat, fish or anything else eaten with rice, *pulaka* etc.; to eat protein or other food with rice (Jsn).
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.KINA.3
|
Kiina/ga
|
Non-vegetable food contributed by family to communal feast (consists of pork, fish or chicken and forms part of the *fakaluaga*).
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