| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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XW.FAI-TALIHA
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Faitalia
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Will, choice; to do as one chooses
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Tongan
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PN.SOIFUA
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Hooifua
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To feel fresh and comfortable (esp. after a bath); also regal for *lelei* (well, in good health)
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Rennellese
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PN.SOIFUA
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Soihua
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To make profane, release taboo; to free or be free from contamination or disease, as of man or plants; to be calm; to escape or recover from sickness
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.ALOA
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Aro(w)aa
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Be comprehended, be understood
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.LAAKEI
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Laʔei
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To wear a train; to dress for a review of troops; *ti* leaves tied to a stone to attract cuttlefish.
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Samoan
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PN.FAKA-MORI
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Faʔamoli/moli
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Portions of food (for those remaining behind). Present given by traveller or sent by one who is absent (Mnr).
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-NOA
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Faka/noo/noa
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Listless, having nothing to say and apparently taking no interest in things; wistful
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Tikopia
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Sanga
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Basket of food given as reward for work of borrowed planter; oven prepared for *sanga tapu* workers
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Tongan
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NP.KIINAKI.*
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Kataki
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To eat two different kinds of vegetable food together (instead of vegetable and *kiki*). Manger qc. avec la noix de cocos (Btn).
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East Uvea
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PN.RAGI
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Lagi/aki
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Chef temporaire, celui qui exerce les fonctions du chef de village pendant son absence; commander, coordonner, ordonner, diriger, prescrire
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Samoan
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PN.RAGI
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Lagi
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To call out the different portions of food at a feast, and for whom intended
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafasia
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Be too heavy for, weigh down [NUP]
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Tikopia
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XW.MATINI
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Matini
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Flag, pennant; barkcloth streamer (?for *noa*, ritual streamer of barkcloth or leaf marker, as memorial decoration, temple offering, or taboo sign)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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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
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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
|
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
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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)
|
Move something over (a little)
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Sikaiana
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OC.TOHO.A
|
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
|
To drag, push, tow...
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Tokelau
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SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO
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Va(e)luaapoo
|
Middle of the night
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Rennellese
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SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Scatter (of a school of fish)
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Samoan
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PN.TUKI.C
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Tuʔi
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The larger of two wooden gongs in a pair of *pātē*, or one of a pair of *lali*
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Tuvalu
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PN.MATE.1E
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Tai mate
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Smooth low tide
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-AGI
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Fakaagiagi
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To get some breeze, to cool off
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Tuvalu
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XO.KOKO.4
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Koko
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Dented, concave; a pool or pond
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Tuvalu
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PN.LOLO.1B
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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
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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
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Poo
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Day (as time unit)
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Tuvalu
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MP.SUKI.A
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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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