| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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MP.TIRO
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Sio/fi
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To keep one's eyes fixed on, to look at steadily
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Tongan
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MP.TIRO
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Sio/ʔi
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To peer at, to look at in a critical or offensive way
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East Futuna
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MP.TIRO
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Tio/ʔi
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Observer, examiner; voir (transitif)
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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MP.TIRO
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Tio/tio
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Observer; copier (sur quelqu'un)
Borrowed
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Mangareva
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NP.FAA-TILO
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A/ti/tio
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Comparer, faire des paraboles
Problematic
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Mangareva
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MP.TIRO
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Ti/tiro
|
Regarder
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Nukuoro
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MP.TIRO
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Diiloo
|
Look after, look at attentively
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
|
MP.TIRO
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Tiro
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Look in pool as mirror, for reflection
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Hawaiian
|
MP.TIRO
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Kilo/hi
|
To glance, gaze, as into a mirror
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Anuta
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Paatio, pakatio
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To look (in a direction)
Borrowed
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Niue
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Fakatio
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Glance backwards; look out of the corners of the eyes
Problematic
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Tokelau
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Faatio
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Look (at something over the top or side of something), crane the neck
Borrowed
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Hawaiian
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NP.FAA-TILO
|
Haakilo
|
To observe closely, spy on, reconnoiter, snoop, eavesdrop
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Easter Island
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EP.FEGO
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Eŋo-eŋo
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Ligeramente sucio; slightly dirty
Phonologically Irregular
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Easter Island
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OC.GAO.1
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ŋao
|
Neck
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Mangaia
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Taarere
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Let something fly in the air (exx. dart, kite)
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Hawaiian
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TA.TAA-RERE
|
Kalele
|
To lean upon...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Taarere
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To swing a person off his feet; to swing freely, off the ground...to float unsupported, as a cloud...a swing.
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Tahitian
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TA.TAA-RERE
|
Tarere
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A swing used by children and others
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Tahitian
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Taarere
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Pendre en se balançant ou non; s'accrocher, se suspendre.
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Rarotongan
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PN.WALE.2
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Vare/vare
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Very young and still quite helpless [of baby]
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Easter Island
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PN.MAROO
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Haka/maróo
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To keep something that has been borrowed, avoiding to give it back, unless requested
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Easter Island
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EP.TUQU.3B
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Túu/túu
|
To hit a target several times
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Marquesas
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EC.TEE.2*
|
Te!
|
Marque le refus, le mépris, l'aversion, le mécontentement
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Hawaiian
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EC.TEE.2*
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Kee
|
Protest, complaint, criticism; to criticize...oppose...refuse
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Hawaiian
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EC.TEE.2*
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Ke/kee
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Admonition to a female to sit propertly; indecent exposure by a woman or girl
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PUU.6
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Roo/puu
|
Company of persons; clump of trees; heap
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Rarotongan
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CE.PUU.6
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Maa/puu
|
Youth, young people aged about 16 to 25
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Hawaiian
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EP.KORO.3
|
ʔOlo
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Double chin, sagging skin, jowls...to sag, hang down
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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EP.KORO.3
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E koʔo!
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Mon vieux! mon ami! (terme de tendresse pour les hommes seulement)
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Hawaiian
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PN.PALA.1A
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Pala
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Ripe, mellow; yellow, as leaves
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Tahitian
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NP.SANI.1
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Tau/hani
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To fondle, caress, as different sexes; applied to both man and beast. Caresser (s'applique aux humains et aux animaux; il s'agit de caresses érotiques) (Aca).
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Mangaia
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NP.SANI.1
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Tau/ʔani
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Mate (v)[ex. octopus "Some say they are fighting"]
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Rarotongan
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NP.SANI.1
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Tau/ʔani
|
Squeal and caterwaul one to the other (eg. while fighting or struggling together, as cats or flying foxes); squabble
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Tuamotu
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NP.SANI.1
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Tau/hani
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To fondle, caress, nuzzle; as man or beast when moved by the mating instinct
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Hawaiian
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PN.KO-IA
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ʔOia
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True, truth...that's right...
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East Futuna
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PN.AGO.B
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Ago/i
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Faire un talus autour d'un liquide pour empecher qu'il ne se répande
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Tikopia
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PN.AGO.B
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Ango
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Mark, scribe timber for cutting (trad. with mud or charcoal)...
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Tikopia
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PN.AGO.B
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Ango/i
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Tie up, mark, reserve; marker of reserved (tapu) food supplies
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Samoan
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PN.KAPA.1
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Lee/ʔapa
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(lit.) Not reach to; to have no more right in.
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Samoan
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OC.KAPA-KAPA.A
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ʔApa
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(of bird's wing, turtle flipper, etc.) Beat, lash
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Tokelau
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FJ.KAPA.5
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Kapa
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(of flat surfaces, especially of rectangles) Edge.
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Tongan
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FJ.KAPA.5
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Kapa
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Edge, border (esp. of cloth) -- a less general word than *tapa*
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Tuvalu
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AN.TUUGI-A
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Tugia
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Set alight, burn (vt)
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Tuvalu
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NP.PEQE-SI.B1
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P/pei
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To throw; to accuse
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Tuvalu
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NP.PEQE-SI.A3
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Pei
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Break a vessel (e.g. coconut, head, canoe, cup)
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Tuvalu
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SO.TELE.3A
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Tele
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To run, race
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Tuvalu
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MP.TIRO
|
T/tilo
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To look admiringly at oneself in a mirror
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Tuvalu
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NP.FAA-TILO
|
Faatio(tio)
|
Glance, look at; spy upon
Borrowed
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAPA.1
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K/kapa
|
To reach out, stretch out hand, reach out and take hold of something
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