| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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MP.PUKU.1A
|
Puku/xtoe
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Long parts of sugarcane between joints
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West Futuna
|
NP.PULU.7
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X/buru, puri-ia, puru/tshia (ANI).
|
To hold
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West Futuna
|
SO.PULI
|
Puri-
|
Leaves used to wrap laplap (in compounds)
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West Futuna
|
NP.PULU.7
|
Puru/shia ta taupuku
|
To stand with arms akimbo
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.TOKA.1
|
Puxpusi/toka
|
To fish near the rocks at night
|
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West Futuna
|
MP.LAFA-LAFA
|
Rakau xlafa
|
Broad paddle-shaped club used in dances
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.RAQA-KAU.B
|
Rakau otua
|
Priest or diviner
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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West Futuna
|
AN.RAMA
|
Rame-ia (FUT)
|
To light with a torch
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.RAQA
|
Ra/nea
|
A branch; a stick, piece of wood
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.LAGA.1E
|
Ranga/siba
|
A strut or support
|
|
Tuvalu
|
XW.KOFU.1B
|
Kofu
|
Wrap oneself in a mat; garlanded with flowers (of head).
|
|
Tuvalu
|
OC.GUU.1
|
G/gu
|
To groan; to speak [with negative]
|
|
Tuvalu
|
NP.TIIGAA
|
Tigaa/ina
|
To suffer pain (from Samoan)
Borrowed
|
|
Tuvalu
|
SO.TOO-GA
|
Togaa-
|
Patch or field (usually used as prefix along with a noun indicating the type of field).
|
|
Tuvalu
|
NP.PUKU.2B
|
Puku/puku
|
Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
NP.TA-PENA
|
Tapena
|
To pack, put into a container
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.TAAULA
|
Taula/ga
|
Sacrifice (n); offerings (gifts made to the church...)
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.QATI.4
|
Rango ashiafi
|
A fly with phosphorescent part near head
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.LAGI.5
|
Rang/rangi (ANI)
|
Be an outcast
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.RANU.B
|
Ranu
|
A helpless infant
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.QALO-POQOU
|
Rapau
|
Woman nearing time of confinement
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.KAWE.4
|
Rara/kave
|
Brother or sister is of different parents who are cross-cousins
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.LASO.A
|
Ras/raso pakasi (ANI)
|
A boar
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.LOTO.A
|
Rata/koro
|
Enclosure, courtyard; inside of a thing
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.LOTO.A
|
Rato/pa
|
A room; inside of the wall
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.LOTO.B
|
Rata/roto (ANI)
|
A creek
|
|
West Futuna
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Rau/fanua
|
Long line of land (as over precipice)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau/fora
|
Plaited coconut leaf
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.LAU.1A
|
Rau/nea
|
Herbs, all kinds of small plants
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.LAU.1B
|
Rau, rou
|
Leaf-shaped thing
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.GASAU
|
Rau/ngasau (ANI)
|
Blade of reeds
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.LEWA.1
|
Rau/x/leva
|
An idler
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
EO.LAWA.1A
|
Rava
|
To be equal (as in throwing)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.QUFI-LEI
|
Rei/tonga
|
Sweet potato
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.MA-MAFA
|
Mafa
|
Heavy; weight
|
|
West Futuna
|
CE.RERE-KEE
|
Rere-gea
|
To be out of joint
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.RIKI
|
Rik/riki (FUT), rig/rigi (ANI)
|
Little (plural of *sisi*)
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.LIMU
|
Rimu/si
|
Species of edible seaweed
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.LIGI
|
Ringi takoka
|
To bleed profusely
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.LILI.1
|
Pena (amoa) ta riri (roa)
|
Be angry (for a long time)
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.ROO.1
|
Ro/kea (FUT), ro/ge (ANI)
|
To go out of
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.LUA.2
|
Roi-akea
|
To throw away; spit out
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.ROO.1
|
Ro/mai
|
To come hither (pl. of *mai*)
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.QALOGO
|
Rongo/niu, rongo/tare, rongo/xpa
|
Fish spp.
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.LUA.1
|
Rua/ki/mata
|
Inside of eyes beside nose
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.LUA.1
|
Rua/vai
|
Waterhole, well
|
|
West Futuna
|
RO.RUMANE
|
Rumene
|
Fish sp.
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.LUA-KI
|
Ruoki/na
|
To remove rubbish from oven
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.LUA.1
|
Ru/taku
|
The ilium at back
|
|
Nukuoro
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MP.RURU
|
Luu/ngagi
|
To be in a place protected from the wind; lee-.
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