| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nukuoro
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CP.MOKO.2
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Haga/mogo/mogo
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Take special care of, cherish
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Rotuman
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CP.MOKO.2
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Moʔo
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Make preliminary enquiries for the hand of a woman
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Mangaia
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CK.MOKO-ROA-I-ATA
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Mokoroa-i-ata
|
The Milky Way (Makemson 1941:185)
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Samoan
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PN.MORI.A
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Moli
|
Take, send
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Tahitian
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PN.MORI.A
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Haʔa/mori/
|
Worship, make offerings to . To worship a Deity, to perform religious services (Dvs).
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Easter Island
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
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To exchange, trade; to take revenge; successor
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Rarotongan
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
|
Replacement, take place of
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Tuamotu
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
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Take place of, substitute for
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Fijian
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PN.MOSO.1A
|
Moo
|
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
Phonologically Irregular
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Mangaia
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PN.MOSO.1A
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Moʔo/moʔo
|
Sooty crake (Porzana fusca)
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Niue
|
PN.MOSO.1A
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Moho
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Spotless Crake or Sooty Rail (Porzana tabuensis)
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Rarotongan
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PN.MOSO.1A
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Moʔo
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Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (Atiu, Mitiaro)
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Rarotongan
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PN.MOSO.1A
|
(Kuraa)moʔo
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Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (Ma'uke)
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Tahitian
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Motoro
|
To make use of some means to awake and entice a person out of house, in the night, for base purposes
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Hawaiian
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NP.MUU.3
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Muu
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Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound
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Tahitian
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NP.MUU.3
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Mû/mû
|
To make a confused noise, as of a number of persons talking together
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Niue
|
PN.MULU.1
|
Mulu
|
Rub, massage; take off a cover or sheath
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Niue
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PN.MULU.2
|
Mulu
|
To be puzzled over a task ; to fiddle, to take too long (of work)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EO.MU-MUNI
|
Muni
|
Hide (vi), secretly . Hide, take shelter
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Tahitian
|
PN.MUSU.1
|
Muhu
|
Noise, the din of talking; to make a noise or din
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Tikopia
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MP.MUTU.2
|
Mutu
|
Small, striped, edible fish taken on reef in hand-net (Pomacentidae cf. Abudefduf spp.)
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Tuamotu
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PN.-RA
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Ra
|
? Then, there; there in the vicinity of that person/thing [implies that the thing spoken of is at a considerable distance from both the speaker and person spoken to]
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Penrhyn
|
PN.-RA
|
Ra
|
Locative particle marking remoteness both from speaker and hearer. This particle lengthens the preceding vowel...
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Tuamotu
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TA.NAKO
|
Nako
|
To make a mark, design upon
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Niue
|
MP.NAMO
|
Namo
|
Lake, lagoon. Pond (McE).
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Rennellese
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pongia
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To be overtaken by night; to become night
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Pukapuka
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NP.NANEA
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Nanea
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To make much out of little, dextrous
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Marquesas
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MQ.KOERE
|
Kuéi
|
A watersnake or eel
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Easter Island
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PN.NAO
|
Na/nao
|
To take something out of a bag, a net, a basket (e.g. fish)
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.NAPE.A
|
Nepe
|
Fastening turn of the outrigger shroud to the middle boom; make a slip knot, slip through; tuck in, as a lavalava
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.NAPE.A
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Nape
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Weave; jerk; make a false stroke with the paddle; fishing line; ligament of bivalve; tangled
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.NATU.1
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Nadu
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Shake someone back and forth, be rocked, as on a ship in rough water
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Fijian
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XW.NAWU
|
Dravu
|
Slaked lime; ashes
Problematic
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
Here, near speaker
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New Zealand Maori
|
NP.NEI
|
Nei
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Denotes proximity to or connection with the speaker
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Ifira-Mele
|
NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
This (near speaker, not near addressee)
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Mangareva
|
NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
Here, near speaker
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Penrhyn
|
NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
Particle marking nearness to the first person or speaker
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
NP.NEI
|
Ne(e), nei
|
This, now (demonstrative pronoun, this near speaker or focal person)
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Ifira-Mele
|
NP.NAA.1
|
Naa
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This, that (near speaker or addressee)
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Sikaiana
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NP.NEI
|
Nei
|
This, here, near speaker
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Marquesas
|
AN.NIFI.1
|
Nihi/nihi
|
Sharp, pointed, peaked. En pointe, pointu, à pic (Lch). Pointu, pointed [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Rarotongan
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PN.NIMO.2
|
Korotaka/nimo/
|
Make an encircling movement
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Fijian
|
TO.NINI.2
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Nini
|
Tremble, quake with fear or anger
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West Futuna
|
NP.FANAKE.*
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Fenake (WFU), nage (ANI)
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Go up
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Moriori
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NP.NUI.1
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Nui ake
|
Greater
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Tikopia
|
PN.OO.1
|
Oo
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(1) Spotted rabbitfish (Siganus sp.); (2) tiny reef fish (prob. anchovy) taken in quantity in net
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.OQA
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Oa
|
Oa. Topstrakes of a canoe
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Niue
|
PN.OQA
|
Oa
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Topstrake of a canoe, gunwale of a boat
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Pukapuka
|
PN.OQA
|
Oa
|
Washstrake of canoe
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