Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Takuu
|
NP.KAU-TALIGA
|
Kautarina mouri
|
General word for fungi (including mushrooms); fungus sp. shaped like an ear
|
Takuu
|
FJ.KOFE.B
|
Kohe-a
|
Peel (skin); scrape (a koo [digging stick])
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.KUNU
|
Kunu
|
A species of oyster, popular food on Sikaiana
|
Sikaiana
|
AN.KULO
|
Kulo
|
A multi‑purpose basket made of coconut leaf {paakele} that can be used as a hat or for carrying food
|
Takuu
|
EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mafana
|
Loosened, unfastened, removed
|
Nuguria
|
EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mahana
|
Loose, free (e.g. rope); take off (of a bird)
|
Nuguria
|
PN.MAQOLI
|
Maauri-loo
|
Truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
|
Sikaiana
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Malama
|
The moon; a month
|
Sikaiana
|
CP.MA-MATA
|
Mmata
|
Look, examine, inspect
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Maatau
|
A fish hook (archaic); to fish with a hand held line
|
Takuu
|
OC.FAQU.1
|
Me/fau
|
Native loom; fabric woven on loom
|
Takuu
|
PN.GAQA
|
Naa
|
Fish sp., approx. 250 mm. long, blue and white, found in schools...
|
Nuguria
|
PN.IO.2
|
Ioo
|
Brain
Problematic
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.NAO
|
L/lao
|
To feel something without looking at it; put finger down throat to induce vomiting
Phonologically Irregular
|
Sikaiana
|
CP.NOQA
|
N/noo (pass. noo/tia)
|
To tie a knot
|
Takuu
|
PN.PAPA.1B
|
Ppaa
|
Part of loom: cloth-beam; scraping-board
|
Takuu
|
PN.PAGOGO
|
Pannoo
|
Fishing technique: standing in waist-deep water and casting a line among the rocks for small fish; Golden Spinefoot (Siganus guttatus) or rabbitfish, typically caught by this method
|
Nuguria
|
XO.PAQIOLO
|
Paoro
|
Turtle bones on the back, turtle backbones; stirring rod for hot food, made of turtle bone
|
Nuguria
|
NP.PAKI-AKA
|
Patiaka
|
Surface root
Phonologically Irregular
|
Takuu
|
SO.LAULAUFAU
|
Ppee laurauhau
|
Moorish Idol (Zanclus canescens); type of large butterfly
|
Takuu
|
PN.PITO.2
|
Pitoo/mee
|
Little thing
|
Takuu
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Poonia
|
Continue past dark, be overcome unexpectedly by darkness
|
Tokelau
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Poogia
|
Be benighted, be late
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Poonia
|
To be caught at sea when it is night, under unusual or unpleasant circumstances; not to reach a destination by nightfall
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Boongia
|
Be caught by darkness unexpectedly
|
Tahitian
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Pooia
|
Dark as the sky
|
East Futuna
|
PN.POO-GIA
|
Poogia
|
Etre pris par la nuit
|
Nuguria
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Porapora
|
Basket plaited of coconut leaves (for carrying food, tubers, etc., quickly woven, used and thrown away)
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.PORO-QAKI
|
Poloaki
|
To say goodbye
|
Takuu
|
PN.PULE.2
|
Pure/pure
|
Farewell, say goodbye
|
Takuu
|
XO.GALO.3
|
Lano, rano
|
Molar tooth
Phonologically Irregular
|
Takuu
|
FJ.RAU.3
|
Naa rau
|
Thatch panels on a roof
|
Takuu
|
FJ.RAU.3
|
Kkahu rau
|
Old, frayed thatch on a roof
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.LAU-PATA
|
Laupata
|
A tree species (macaranga?) used for some woodworking and firewood
|
Sikaiana
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lle
|
To fly; to flow, as a river flows; to bleed, as blood
|
Nuguria
|
XO.LII.3
|
Rii
|
Young coconut (not yet motomoto) -- children suck its sweet husk and it is given to sick people who cannot eat hard food
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.LOFI
|
L/lohi
|
The spreading of a smell, either good or bad
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Takuu
|
PN.SAKO
|
Sako
|
Sprout of a young tree near the roots of its parent
|
Takuu
|
EO.SAU.6
|
S(s)au/makallii
|
Cold; feel cold (of someone else's body, food, air temperature)
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.SEE.4
|
S/see
|
To seek, search for, look for
|
Nuguria
|
NO.SEE.4
|
Hee/hee
|
Seek, look for (food, fish, firewood)
|
Tokelau
|
SO.SIKI.3
|
Hiki
|
Heavy wooden club carried in a fishing canoe for killing large fish...
|
Samoan
|
PN.SIKI.1D
|
Siʔi
|
To quote from a book
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Hiki
|
The join or seam between two widths of a floor mat
|
Takuu
|
FJ.MAPO
|
Sii/mapo
|
(of wood) Rotten on the outside while the inner wood remains sound
|
Sikaiana
|
AN.TAA.1B
|
Taa/taa
|
To cut wood with an adze, as in shaping a canoe
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.TAFE-GA
|
Taahena
|
A flood or overflow of water, a flow of water
|
Tokelau
|
PN.TAFE-GA
|
Taafega
|
The strong flow of sea on the reef during a rough sea, flooding
|
Tokelau
|
PN.TAFE-GA
|
Tafega
|
A small flow of water during low tide which is used by fish either to go outside the reef or come into the lagoon
|
Niue
|
PN.TAFETA.A
|
Tafeta
|
Pool (of brackish water above high tide mark)
|