| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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XW.MATI.2
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Mesi/masi
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Neither green nor dry; partially dry (of wood, bark, leaves)
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East Uvea
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PN.QOPO
|
ʔOopo/si
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Joindre, unir, serrer, plaquer, doubler
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Fijian
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XW.LAFU.3
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Dravu/dravu/a
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Covered with ashes; grey in colour; poor, poverty
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Tongan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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Good, good enough....suitable...well (in good health)...a good thing.
Borrowed
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Samoan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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To be good looking (as a man, house, canoe &c)
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East Uvea
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Soosaʔa
|
Etre emmerdant
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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FJ.TOHO.B
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Too/ki (obs.)
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Enlever une femme pour en abuser
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Tongan
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FJ.TOHO.B
|
Too
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Emmener par force une femme pour en abuser
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Tokelau
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OC.TOHO.A
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Toohina
|
Be attracted, be drawn
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Takuu
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OC.TOHO.A
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Tosi (pass. toosina)
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Move something over (a little)
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Sikaiana
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OC.TOHO.A
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Too/too
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Straighten bones using traditional methods
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
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OC.TOHO.A
|
Koo
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To drag, push, tow...
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Tokelau
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SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO
|
Va(e)luaapoo
|
Middle of the night
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Rennellese
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SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO
|
Baguaapoo
|
Late night, as between 12 and one; according to some, before midnight.
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Samoan
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PN.TUQU-GA.2
|
Tuuga
|
A portion beyond the appointed share of food or property; a privilege which some are allowed to ask for; the acquisition of all the great titles.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
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PN.QUGOGO
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ʔUngongo
|
A wood-borer at sea that bores deep holes in floating wood
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Tongan
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PN.SAA-KILI.1
|
Hakili
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To make a thorough examination of (looking in every nook and corner) in searching for something
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Ifira-Mele
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NP.LALA.2
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Rraa/ia
|
Scatter (of a school of fish)
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Samoan
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PN.TUKI.C
|
Tuʔi
|
The larger of two wooden gongs in a pair of *pātē*, or one of a pair of *lali*
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Samoan
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CP.POQOI
|
Poi
|
Kind of food made by mashing ripe bananas and coconut cream
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Rennellese
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PN.HOGAHOGA.B
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Ongoongo
|
To itch
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Tuvalu
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PN.MATE.1E
|
Tai mate
|
Smooth low tide
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-AGI
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Fakaagiagi
|
To get some breeze, to cool off
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Tuvalu
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XO.KOKO.4
|
Koko
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Dented, concave; a pool or pond
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Tuvalu
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PN.LOLO.1B
|
L/lolo
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(of food) To absorb coconut cream, to be creamy
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Tuvalu
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PN.MEQA-KAI
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Meakai
|
Food
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Tuvalu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/loa
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Door, gate
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Tuvalu
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PN.POO.1B
|
Poo
|
Day (as time unit)
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Tuvalu
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MP.SUKI.A
|
Suki
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Horn, incisor, canine tooth
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Tuvalu
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PN.KIKI.1
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Kiki
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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).
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Tuvalu
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PN.KINA.3
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Kiina/ga
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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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Tuvalu
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PN.RAGI
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Lagi
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An agreement as to how much food should be provided for a gathering in *aahiga*.
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