| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Kaukahi
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Standing alone, solitary, by oneself, lone...canoe with a single outrigger float
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautahi
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Odd one; single child (i.e. one at a birth); (sometimes) only child...
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-TASA
|
Tautasi
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One coconut; only child (or only one of its sex) born to a couple
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Tikopia
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SO.TAU-LOGO
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Taurongo
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Inform, talk to; make known, announce
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Rennellese
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SO.TAU-LOGO
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Haka/taugongo
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To report, tell (as news)
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East Uvea
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SO.TAU-LOGO
|
Taulogo/logo
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Porter une nouvelle d'un endroit à l'autre; répandre un bruit avec insistance
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau/tau
|
To swear, curse
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau/tau-via
|
Rebuke, abuse
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Kapingamarangi
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Daudau
|
To wrestle
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Nukumanu
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Haka/tau/kaa
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Be against
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Nukumanu
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Haka/tautau (pl. hakatauttau)
|
Angry; quarrel
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Luangiua
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Haa/kaukau. Haʔa/kaukau (Sar).
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Quarrel
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Luangiua
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Kaukau
|
Argument
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Rennellese
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XO.TAU-TAU
|
Tautau
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To swear, curse
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Hua/tautau, va/tautau
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Argue, quarrel
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Tikopia
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Tautau-via
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Rebuke, abuse
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Anuta
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PN.SAQU.1
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Au, ou
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To come
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-TASA
|
Tautati
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Only one; all alone, by himself, by itself
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Anuta
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FJ.FALAU
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A/porau
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Canoe shed
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Tikopia
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FJ.FALAU
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A/forau
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Canoe shed
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Anuta
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NP.ALEALE.C
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Areare
|
Liquid between meat and *oko* [kernel] of *niu raurau* [mature coconut]
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Anuta
|
MP.QATU.2
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(Te) Atu/raro
|
All "islands" west of Anuta (i.e.Tikopia, Solomons, Banks, New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia)
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Anuta
|
PN.TE-QA-U
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Tau (au with plural possessed)
|
Your (singular possessor)
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Anuta
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PN.QAUA.2
|
Aua
|
Imperative: Don't, ...not to...
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Anuta
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PN.QAUEE
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Aue
|
Thank you
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Anuta
|
AN.SUU.1
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Tu(u), kano/tu(u)
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(of tuber) To be no good because it is watery inside
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Anuta
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PN.KAU.4
|
Kau
|
Stem, shaft, body
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Anuta
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PN.KAU.4
|
Kau nima
|
Arm (everything from wrist to shoulder)
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Anuta
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PN.KAU.4
|
Kau vae
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Leg (from ankle to hip)
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Anuta
|
PN.KAU.2B
|
Kau
|
Group of people
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Anuta
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau/pa
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Leaf petiole
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Anuta
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AN.FAQA.1
|
Kau/pa
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Leaf petiole
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Anuta
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FJ.TAKELE.A
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Kau/takere
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Canoe keel
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Anuta
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XO.KAU.8
|
Kau
|
Very large hook...used for catching large fish such as sharks, and for hanging objects in the house
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Luangiua
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XO.KAU.8
|
ʔAu laveŋa
|
Fish hook, 1'6" long
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Takuu
|
XO.KAU.8
|
Kau
|
Loop of fishing line tied to the base of a tuna fishing pole to which the hooks of the several fishing lines are attached when not in use
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Takuu
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XO.KAU.8
|
Kau ravena
|
Wooden fish-hook
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Tikopia
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XO.KAU.8
|
Kau
|
Hook of great size, esp. shark hook...
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAU.4
|
Kau
|
The top part of the frame of a fishing net (kautoko)
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Anuta
|
PN.KAU.4
|
Kau rararo
|
Boom supporting bottom of pandanus leaf sail
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Anuta
|
AN.KAU.3
|
Kau raro
|
Very large longitudinal supporting beam in house; made from trunk of a coconut tree
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Anuta
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PN.KONA.3
|
Kona
|
Inedible because of noxious chemical properties: e.g. tobacco, soap, poisonous species of taro
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Anuta
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MP.MAKA-LILI
|
(Tau)maariki
|
Cold, chilly (of environment)
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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NP.MASALO.B
|
Maasaro, ma/masaro
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Erstaunt [astonished]
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East Futuna
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SO.MALIGA
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Maliga/liga
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Style de coiffure (tous les cheveux en haut du front, d'une oreille à l'autre)
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Anuta
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FJ.MATA.3
|
Mata/tau
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A line of men in battle formation
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Anuta
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AN.MATAQU.2
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Matau
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Right (side)
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Anuta
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PN.MAA-UNU
|
Maunu
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To untie a strip of bark-cloth, so that a *popora*-type basket falls from a woman's back
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Anuta
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MP.MAQULI
|
Mauri
|
Soul
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Anuta
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PN.MAQU-QALUGA
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Maurunga
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High (in rank)
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