| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau(kau)ʔamo/ga
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Constellation de l'Aigle
Problematic
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau ʔamo
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Carrying stick; to carry on the shoulders, as on a stick
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Penrhyn
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter, carrying pole; to carry with a carrying pole
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Carry jointly (on carrying pole, stretcher, or with linked hands)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter (bed arranged between two poles to carry a sick person on)
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Penrhyn
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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Helper, assistant, deputy
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Mangaia
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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Help somebody to walk by supporting from side
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Tuamotu
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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A social overlord, predominant chief...; a steward, mate; the housekeeper of an *ariki*
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Marquesas
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PN.KA-KAU.2
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Kokau
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Pédoncle, queue d'un fruit ou d'un ustensile quelconque; pétiole; col; goulot; tubercule
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East Futuna
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PN.KA-KAU.2
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Kakau
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Bâton du filet épuisette "kukuti"
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Luangiua
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PN.TAU-.14
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Kau-
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Numeral classifier for fish
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU-.14
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Kau/kolu
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Triple, trinity, group of three
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Marquesas
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OC.WELA.A
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Veá/ki, veá/kikauá, veá/kiki
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Rouge écarlate, très rouge
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Marquesas
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EP.UKU-I
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ʔAkau ukui (MQN), ʔakau uʔui (Hiva Oa)
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Bois mâle, incliné, pour allumer le feu par friction; stick held at an angle, used to light fire by friction
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-RUA.1
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Fakaua
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To repeat, to have or hold a second time
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Niue
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PN.FAKA-RUA.1
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Fakaua/ua
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To be reluctant, undecided
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle, stick
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle, as of knife, axe, paddle, wood section; long end of various things (fish, tubers, *ghape* vine)
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Easter Island
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PN.KA-KAU.2
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Kakau
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Obsidiana de filo cortante, ancho; incrustada en un mango se usaba como arma de mano para degollar o tajear al enemigo. Wide, sharp-edged obsidian provided with a wooden handle, used to cut off the enemy's head.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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PN.KA-KAU.2
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Kakau
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A shaft, handle, helve
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East Uvea
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FJ.GASAU
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Kau ʔi nahau
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Flèche
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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PN.MOLOKAU.A
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Molokau
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Centipède
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Ifira-Mele
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EC.UKAU
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Kau
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Skin disease (possibly elephantiasis)
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Tuvalu
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EC.UKAU
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Ukau
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Pus
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Tuvalu
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PN.TUPU.B
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Tupu
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Be exceeded (of numbers). Tekau tupu More than twenty.
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Tuvalu
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SO.KAU-LAMA
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Kaulama
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Dried coconut leaves
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele
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Tuvalu
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PN.RAQA-KAU.B
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Laakau
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Stick; penis
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Tuvalu
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PN.RAQA-KAU.B
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Laakau hika
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(Bed of) fire plough
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Tuvalu
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SO.FAI-FEKAU
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Faifekau
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Messenger
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Tuvalu
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SO.FAI-FEKAU
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Faifekau
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Messenger, pastor
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Tuvalu
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Shoulder pole
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