Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Tongan
|
MP.GIGIE
|
Ngingie
|
Shore shrubs or small trees (Suriana maritima) and (Pemphis acidula)
|
East Futuna
|
TO.GINI
|
Gini/gini
|
Filtre végétal: petiti panier tressé spécialement pour filtrer les fleurs odoriférantes mélangées au jus de coco....
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Rarotongan
|
FJ.LUNA
|
Runa
|
(Boerhavia tetrandra) (Atiu)
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.GOIO.1A
|
Noio
|
Hawaiian noddy tern (Anous tenuirostris)
|
Mangareva
|
CE.GOIO.1A
|
Goio
|
Oiseau de mer, noddi niais (Anous stolidus)
|
Rarotongan
|
CE.GOIO.1A
|
Ngooia, ngooio
|
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CK.GORE
|
Ngore(ngore)
|
Smooth, plain; soft, pliable, flaccid
|
Rarotongan
|
CK.GORE
|
Ngore(ngore)-ʔia
|
Cut short, shave(d) close, strip(ped) or prune(d) bare
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.GOSE
|
Ngohe(ngohe)
|
Supple, soft; obedient, pliable; easy, agreeable
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.GOTE
|
Ngote-a, -ʔia
|
Suck in/up; absorb
|
Easter Island
|
NP.GUU.2
|
ŋuu
|
Sepia, jibia (molusco parecido al calamar); (Sepioteuthis arctipinnis)
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.GUU.2
|
Nguu
|
Squid (Sepia apama)
|
Tongan
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pekia
|
To die (honorific); death, decease, fatality
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.GUGU.1
|
Ngungu/hia
|
Crush hard food (e.g. tupoe) with the teeth, gnaw
|
Nukuoro
|
AN.FUTU
|
Kava-hutu
|
The Barringtonia tree
|
Nukuoro
|
AN.IKA.A
|
Ia
|
A fish
Problematic
|
Tikopia
|
PN.HAGAI
|
Angai
|
Turn towards, especially in ritual, with suggestion of effectiveness
|
East Futuna
|
PN.A-IA
|
Ia
|
Voilà
Problematic
|
East Uvea
|
PN.A-IA
|
Ia
|
Voilà
Problematic
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.A-IA
|
Aia
|
Expressing satisfaction or complacency, "it is good", Etc
|
Marquesas
|
PN.A-IA
|
Aia
|
Voici, voilà; interjection d'étonnement: oh!; pour s'encourager: allons! courage!
|
Niue
|
PN.A-IA
|
H/aia
|
"That's it","Exactly so"
|
East Uvea
|
OC.HAKAU
|
Hakau
|
Récif, plus spécialement les récif de l'intérieur de lagon
Problematic
|
Moriori
|
OC.HAKE.B
|
Ake
|
Adverbial particle
|
West Uvea
|
NP.AKILI
|
Akilia
|
Vider un sac (à la main)
|
Tokelau
|
PN.HAKU
|
Aku
|
Fish sp.similar to Giant Needlefish (Strongylura sp.)
|
West Futuna
|
CP.TUAKI
|
Tuo-gia (ANI)
|
To disembowel
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.RUHIA
|
Ruia
|
Shark sp
|
Rennellese
|
PN.HAPI
|
Api
|
Some spp. of Surgeonfishes and Coralfishes e.g. Acanthurus triostegus and Chaetodon miliaris
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.HELE
|
El/ele(ngia)
|
Deny
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
MP.HIKO-FI
|
Ikohi/a
|
Take things with tongs, especially used about taking warm stones out of the oven with tongs
|
Nukuoro
|
CP.HINA
|
Ina
|
Light up an area at night (especially to hunt land crabs)
|
Fijian
|
OC.HINAGA
|
Cigana
|
Whitebait (Nadrogaa dialect)
|
Easter Island
|
EP.HIWA.2
|
Hiva
|
Name of the country from where, according to tradition, came the Polynesian migration of Hotu Matu`a
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.KOFE.A
|
Kohe/riki
|
Plant spp. (Angelica rosaefolia) (Bidens pilosa). Tree sp. (Melicope ternata)
|
Tokelau
|
FJ.HOGAHOGA.A
|
Ogo/hia
|
Be hurt, feel pain
|
Tongan
|
PN.HOKO.1
|
Hoko
|
To arrive (especially of time); happen, occur, take place...
|
West Uvea
|
PN.HOKO.1
|
Oko/fia
|
Trouver
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
FJ.OLO.3
|
Olo/ia
|
Grind (vt) (e.g. manioc)
|
Takuu
|
FJ.OLO.3
|
Oro-ia
|
Rub against something, grind, or grate using a long blade with a back and forth motion; tool which uses this action (exs. grating taro, grinding shell artefacts, flattening pandanus leaves)
|
West Uvea
|
AN.HUHU
|
Uu-mia
|
Sein; teter
|
Samoan
|
OC.HULI.1
|
Uli/sega
|
Caesia sp. , fish sp.
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ulu/hia
|
Ecstatic, excited
|
Nukuoro
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ulu/hia
|
A sudden access of hostile feeling
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ulu/wia
|
Possessed
|
Rennellese
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ugu/hia
|
To be possessed by an unworshipped supernatural and driven crazy; to be drunk
|
Tokelau
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ulu/fia
|
Be possessed by a spirit
|
Tongan
|
PN.HURU.B
|
Ulu/fia
|
To infect (a wound or a limb etc.) so as to cause blood-poisoning (often impl.)
Problematic
|
Sikaiana
|
??.TULUMA
|
Tuluma
|
A hand carved wooden cyclinder used for storing special items, especially the bonito hooks {paa}
|
Niue
|
PN.KA.1
|
Ka
|
Particle of immediate future
|