| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FOLO
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Lho/mia [VAE,TAU], folo/mia [NUP]
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Swallow
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.FUA-QI-TINO
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Fua i sino, huahino
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Body; embodiment (TAU,NUP)
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Nukumanu
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Tauha
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Constellation: includes stars from Andromeda and Pegasus
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Nukumanu
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NO.UNU.4
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Ko/unu
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Constellation: Four stars in the middle of Centaurus
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Samoan
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CP.FUSI.1
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Tau/fusi/
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Swamp, marsh
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Niue
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PN.GATALA
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Gatala
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Honeycomb Rock Cod (Epinephelus merra), Greasy Grouper (E.tauvina), Hexagon Grouper (E. hexagonatus)
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Rarotongan
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CE.HAMUMU
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Amumu
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Taunt, tease
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Takuu
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FJ.HAUPULU
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Taupulu
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Coconut husk
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KA.2
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Kaa/paatau(a)
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If, but if
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAI.3
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Kai tau olo
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Serves you right! (lit. Eat your pudding!)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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EC.KAI-TAUA
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Kai-taua
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Warlike, army-destroying
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.KAKAI.2
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Lala/khai (VAE,TAU). Tlatla/kai (NUP).
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Traditional story
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Rennellese
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kagogo
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String of bow, be taut
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Samoan
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MP.KANAWA
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Tau/anave/
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A tree (Cordia subcordata)
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Tongan
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MP.KANAWA
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Pua tau/kanave/
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Flowering tree bearing white, sweet-scented, double flowers
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East Futuna
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OC.KAPA-KAPA.A
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Kapakapa/tau
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Movement of bird on alighting
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East Uvea
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OC.KAPA-KAPA.A
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Kapakapa/katau
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Movement of a bird on alighting
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Takuu
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PN.KAPI.B
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Kapi
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Part of a backstrap loom: the two wooden bars at each end of the loom which hold it taut during the weaving...
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Nukumanu
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AN.QUGA
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Una
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Constellation: part of Taurus
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Aitutaki
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CE.KATAU.*
|
Katau
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Right (direction)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right (not left) (Eastern dialects)
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Moriori
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right (not left) (GNZMMSS18)
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Penrhyn
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right, dextral side
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Rarotongan
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right (as opposed to left)
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Tahitian
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CE.KATAU.*
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ʔAtau
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Droit (opposé à gauche)
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Tuamotu
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CE.KATAU.*
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Katau
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Right (not left)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KAUTUKU.*
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Kautuku
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Bittern (Botaurus poeciloptilus)
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Sikaiana
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PN.MA-KAKA
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Makka
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Tight, taut, strained (as a fishing line that is being pulled in)
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Rarotongan
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TA.KETA.*
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Keta/keta
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Firm. taut, sturdy, strong, secure
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.KIO.1B
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Kio
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Hen. The fowl (TAU, Fox 1917).
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Takuu
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NO.SALAPOLU
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Naa Ruai/saraporu
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Name of a constellation low in the southern sky: two stars within Crux and two within Centaurus
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Nukumanu
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NO.SALAPOLU
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Sahalapolu. Nahalapolu (Sar).
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Constellation: (part of) Centaurus
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East Uvea
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NP.TAWA.2
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Tava
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Coquillage (Tellina staurella)
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Pukapuka
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CP.KONO
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Loto/kono
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Staunch, true blue
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Moriori
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NP.KOO-TOU.*
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Kotau
|
You (pl)
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West Uvea
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PN.TATAU.1
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Tatau
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To draw (Leverd 1916)
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Tuamotu
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EP.KUME.1
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Kume
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Pull, haul (using a taut rope)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.ISU.1
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Panga/iu, ponga/iu
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Nose (VAE, TAU)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.LAKI
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Te/laki
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Wind from southeast [TAU]
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.LAA-TOU
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Raatou, raatau
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Third person plural independent pronoun
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAA-TOU
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Raatou, raatau
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Third person plural independent pronoun
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Rotuman
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PN.TAU-MUQA
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Taumua
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Prow; (of canoe) to move with the prow towards
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.LENA.1
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Rena/rena
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Fasten, tie up; taut, close
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Tuamotu
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PN.LENA.1
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Rena
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To pull with a cord or rope that is not taut (sic)
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Mangareva
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CP.LEWA.2
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Reva
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A tree (Cerbera mangas). Arbre: Cerbera manghas (Apocynacées); fleur blanche (autrefois appelée *piritau*)
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Fijian
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FJ.LII.2
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Vaka/lii/-taka
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Twist rope taut with a stick
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.LOHU
|
Lou
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Hooked, long stick to get down breadfruits or leaves of breadfruit trees. Main strut from crossbeam to end of middle float (of Te Puke canoe) [Taumako Dialect] (Gge).
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Tongan
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PN.LUMA
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Luma
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Taunt, jeer
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Rotuman
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PN.TAU-MULI
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Taumuri
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Stern (of canoe, etc.); (of canoe, etc.) to have the stern towards
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Tongan
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XW.MA-FAO
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Mafao
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Taut, tight; stretch or reach out
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