| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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FJ.LAPE
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Lape
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Fish spp.: Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus), Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwickei), Damselfish (Chromis cyanea)
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Tuvalu
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NP.LAU-FALA
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Laufala
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Pandanus leaf (Jackson)
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Tuvalu
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PN.MALA.3
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Mala
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Disaster, misfortune
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Tuvalu
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OC.MALAQE
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Malae
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Dance ground
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Tuvalu
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PN.MA-LAGA.2
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Malaga
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Travel from Nanumea to Vao or Lakena
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Tuvalu
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EO.MALALA
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Malala
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Charcoal
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Tuvalu
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OC.MA-RAMA.A
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Malama
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Light (not dark); become light
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Tuvalu
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EO.MA-LAMA
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Maalama
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Moon
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Tuvalu
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NP.MALA-TEA
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Malatea
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A fish
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Tuvalu
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RO.MALAU.1
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Malau
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Squirrelfish
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Tuvalu
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FJ.MASALA
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Mahala
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Clever
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Tuvalu
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FJ.MASALA
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Maasala, maahala (N)
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To remember
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Tuvalu
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PN.MA-TALA.A
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Matala
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Untied, open (as a flower)
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Tuvalu
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SO.TAKALE
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Takale
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Millionaire's salad, inner part of coconut at top of palm, used as a salad when the tree is chopped down
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Tuvalu
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PN.OLA.2
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Ola
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Air Plant (Kalanchoe pinnata)
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Tuvalu
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NP.PALA.1C
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Pa/pala/
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Excrete
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Tuvalu
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PN.PALA.3
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Pa/pala/
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To worsen (of a sore)
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Tuvalu
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PN.PALA.4
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Palaa/si
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To be spread around, splattered everywhere
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Tuvalu
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PN.PAQALA
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Paala
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Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
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Tuvalu
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PN.PALALAA
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Palalaa
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Sound of knocking, beating, crashing
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Tuvalu
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PN.PALA-PALA
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Palapala/a
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Muddy, swampy. Very dirty (Jsn).
Borrowed
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Tuvalu
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AN.SALA.1
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Hala
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Wrong, worthy of punishment
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Tuvalu
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OC.SALALA
|
Salala
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(Decapterus pinnulatus)
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Tuvalu
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SO.SA-SALA
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Hahala
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Search for, find
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Tuvalu
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FJ.TALA.2
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Tala
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Narrate, narration
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Tuvalu
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FJ.TALA.3
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Ta/tala/
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Open
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Samoan
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FJ.TALA.3
|
Tala
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Unfold, undo, open out, dismantle
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TALA.3
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T/tala
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Untie, undo a string or knot
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Tokelau
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FJ.TALA.3
|
Tala
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Untie, release, open
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Tongan
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FJ.TALA.3
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Ta/tala/
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To unwrap, unroll, open (one's mind or heart)
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Waya
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tala
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Remove goods or cargo from a container or place
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East Uvea
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PN.TALA.4
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Tala
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Sterne, hirondelle de mer (Sterna)
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Hawaiian
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PN.TALA.4
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Kala
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Gray-backed tern, (Sterna lunata)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TALA.4
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Dala
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Grey-backed tern
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Mangareva
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara/ra
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Nom d'un oiseau de mer (Thalassius bergii); voix âcre; pleurer amèrement
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Niue
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tala
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A seabird (grey, about the size of a taketake [white tern], flies in a flock). (Rarely seen (Sph.).
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Nukuoro
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PN.TALA.4
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Dala
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Bird sp., tern?
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Luangiua
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PN.TALA.4
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Kala
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Great Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tala
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Sea-gull. A diving sea-bird (Lch).
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Pukapuka
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tala
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(Sterna lunata)
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Pukapuka
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PN.TALA.4
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Tala/wue
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Sterna sp. poss. Crested tern, Sterna bergii
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Rennellese
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PN.TALA.4
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Taga
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Crested tern, (Thalassius bergii cristata) [Stephens]
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Samoan
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PN.TALA.4
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Tala
|
A seabird
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Sikaiana
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tala
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(Thalassius bergii)
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Tahitian
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara-papa
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Sterne huppée (Thalassius bergii)
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Takuu
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara moana
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Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
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Tokelau
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PN.TALA.4
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Tala(gogo)
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Tongan
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PN.TALA.4
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Tala
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Kind of sea-gull (Thalassius bergii)
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Hawaiian
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PN.TARA
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Kala hale
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House gable
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TARA
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Dalaa
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Occurs in phrases referring to edges of things
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