| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rapa
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
A fish (Carangidae)
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Rotuman
|
RO.MATU
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Mafu
|
A fish
Problematic
|
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Samoan
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
A fish (Gerres sp.)
|
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Sikaiana
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
A fish
|
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Takuu
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
Pacific Silver-Biddy (Gerres argyreus)
|
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Tikopia
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu/rau
|
Small goatfish
|
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Tongan
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
A fish
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West Uvea
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
Poisson, "blanc"...Gerres sp. (Leiognathidés)
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAA-HUQI
|
Maaui
|
Recede, subside, diminish; (tai maaui) ebbing tide
|
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Fijian
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Madu
|
Dry (of wood and mature coconuts)
|
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Hawaiian
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Maakuu
|
Thick, (as molasses), jellied, solidified, to thicken, as cream
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Maatuu
|
Dry
|
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Nuguria
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuu
|
Dry coconut
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MA-UU
|
Mauu
|
To sink down, as the posts of a house; to run off, to drain through, as water through sand; to depart, to disperse as a crowd of people; to result, to terminate, as a *fono*
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Luangiua
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Makua
|
Old (persons only); priest
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Mathuu, masiu [TAU]
|
Dry
|
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Rennellese
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuʔu
|
Solidify, harden (as turmeric); be solid (as ice)
|
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Rotuman
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Mafu
|
Mature and hard (of wood), lumpy (of pudding)
|
|
Samoan
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Maatuu
|
Dry oneself after a bath
|
|
Samoan
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuu
|
Towel, dry cloth
|
|
Takuu
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuu
|
Mature coconut in its final stage of growth before sprouting
Borrowed
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuu
|
Dense, thick (of liquid); strong, in the sense of being able to bear weight
|
|
Tokelau
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Maatuu/tuu
|
Dry (of containers of liquids, of land)
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matuʔu
|
To cease flowing
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Maatuʔu
|
To be or become dry (of what was actually wet, not of what was merely green (e.g. fresh cut timber))
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Matu
|
To dry(vi); dried
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CK.MATUU
|
Matuu
|
Fat, richness of food; gist, kernel
|
|
Moriori
|
CK.MATUU
|
Matchu
|
Fat (n)
|
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Pukapuka
|
CK.MATUU
|
Matuu
|
Fat (of animals, birds)
Borrowed
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CK.MATUU
|
Matuu
|
Fat, fleshy; fat tissue, the fat
|
|
East Futuna
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matuʔa
|
Old (of people)
|
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East Uvea
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matuʔa
|
Old (of people)
|
|
Fijian
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Mature, ripe
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Madua
|
Old, mature
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Old, mature, ripe
|
|
Moriori
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Tangata matua
|
Elder person, adult
|
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Nuguria
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua (pl. mattua)
|
Old (of a person); grow up, mature
|
|
Niue
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Motua
|
Mature; old age
|
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Luangiua
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Makua
|
Grown up, senior, chief
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Husband; old man; majesty
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Ma/matua
|
Old; old man
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Mathua
|
Old, mature, ripe
|
|
Pukapuka
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Adult, mature, full grown
|
|
Rennellese
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matuʔa
|
Husband, family head; become old, mature
|
|
Rennellese
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Maatuʔa
|
Old people, be mature (pl.)
|
|
Rotuman
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Mafua
|
Fullgrown
|
|
Takuu
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Maatua
|
Clan head, traditional religous and secular leader
|
|
Tikopia
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Senior, elder; mature
|
|
Tikopia
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Maatua
|
Aged; elder, elders
|
|
Tikopia
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Ma/maatua/
|
Grow old
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