| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu
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Team , troop of warriors
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Fijian
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber, tree, stick
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Niue
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber
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Nukuoro
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AN.KAU.3
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Gau/ dagodo
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Boom of sail
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Penrhyn
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, stick, pole
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Penrhyn
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/tahu
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Firewood
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Tongan
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau
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Wood, timber
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West Futuna
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/kau
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Riders; roof supports running perpendicular to rafters
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Luangiua
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PN.KAU.4
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ʔAu
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Stalk of flower, handle of tool
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle of an axe, a kettle, etc. Bamboo shaft of kupega net; main handle of helve for tupaa (adze); bamboo.
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Niue
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PN.KAU.5
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Kau
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Side, sideways, in proximity to a side, edge (in compounds); full (moon); prefix indicating side, edge, brim, or boundary of some object or area
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU.6
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Koo
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First person singular preposed pronoun
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Tahitian
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TA.KAU-ATI
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Auai
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A piece of soft wood on which the point of another piece called aurima is rubbed, to procure fire by friction
Phonologically Irregular
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Easter Island
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CE.KAUFAU
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Koohou
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Inscribed tablet used in recitation b. (?)
Problematic
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Takuu
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EC.KAU-GUTU
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Kaunutu
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Edge (of mat, etc.), selvedge (of cloth on a loom)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.KAU-I
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Gaui
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Put sail on boom
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Luangiua
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PN.KAU-I
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Aui/ŋa
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Looped rope on bottom sail
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU-I
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Kaui/i
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(Net) consisting of long line with bamboo sticks attached...
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Takuu
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PN.KAU-I
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Kaui/na
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Series of loops in the rope attached to the lower edge of a sail
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Niue
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OC.WILI.1A
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Ko/vili
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Whirlpool, a cylindrical opening in the reef
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Fijian
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PN.KAU-QULI
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Kau-loa
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Blackwood, a sp. of ebony, Diospyros sp., Ebenaceae
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.KAUNA-GA
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ʔAuga
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Look up to, attend on, depend on
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KAU-NATI.*
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Kaunati, kaunoti
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Pointed piece of wood which was rubed upon another to produce fire
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Tahitian
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CE.KAU-NATI.*
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Aunati
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A piece of wood used for friction
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-NATU
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Natu
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Pointed stick (rubbed to and fro on a piece of soft wood to make fire by the 'fire-plough' method)
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU-NATU
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Kaunatu
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The rubbing stick of which the point is rubbed...against another piece of wood to start fire
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAUPAPA
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Kaupapa
|
Level surface, floor, stage, platform
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Tahitian
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NP.KAUPAPA
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Aupàpà
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The flatness of the roof of a house, or of a tree that grows flat
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-WAKA
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Auvaa
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A fleet of canoes going together; the young brood of the fish fai, or stingray; the wreck of a canoe or boat
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Tahitian
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OC.KAWA.1A
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ʔAva
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Boisson forte, alcool
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Tuamotu
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TT.KAWAKE
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Kaavake
|
Moon, month
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Rarotongan
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PN.MAGEHO.A
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Mangio, mangeo
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Itch, prick or sting (as the skin does from insect bites or nettles, or the throat from pungent food); irritant, stinging
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Samoan
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EC.KAVAU
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ʔAvau
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Bawl, speak too loudly, fight
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New Zealand Maori
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??.KAWE-AU
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Koe/koeau/
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Longtailed Cuckoo (Eurodynamis taitensis)
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New Zealand Maori
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??.KAWE-AU
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Kawe(kawe)au
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A large lizard said to be striped with red or brown; the Longtailed Cuckoo (Eurodynamis taitensis)
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Fijian
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Kawakawasaa
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Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (Lau dialect)
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New Zealand Maori
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Kawekaweaa, koekoeaa
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Longtailed Cuckoo (Eurodynamis taitensis)
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Penrhyn
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Koekoeaa
|
Small fan-tailed white-spotted brown bird, rarely seen. Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (McC).
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KAWEI
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Kaawai, kaawei
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Shoot or branch of a gourd or other creeping plant; tentaculae of cuttlefish; loops or handles of a basket; strand (in plaiting); pedigree, lineage
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Tahitian
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PN.KAWEIGA
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Aveia
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A mark to steer by when at sea, the sun by day, and moon and stars by night; a mariner's compass
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Tuamotu
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CE.KAWEKA
|
Kaveka
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Sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa)
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.KAWEU.
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Kawe(kawe)au
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A large lizard said to be striped with red or brown; the Longtailed Cuckoo (Eurodynamis taitensis)
Problematic
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Niue
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TA.KAVITI.2
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Kaviti
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A loop; anything which fastens one thing to another
Problematic
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Nukuoro
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TA.KAVITI.2
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Gavidi
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A type of fish-hook
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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TA.KAVITI.2
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Kaviti
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Cord used to tie bait on hook ; barb of the pearl-shellhook
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Tahitian
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TA.KAVITI.2
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Aviti
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A fish-hook made of the pearl oyster shell
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Rennellese
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EO.KE
|
Ke(e)
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Mark of imperative/intentive mood
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Tongan
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MP.PAKU.D
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Pacoo
|
Crimp, crisp, cracknel of baked pork; also the scab of a sore, crust
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Hawaiian
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EP.KEHO.2
|
ʔEho
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Stone pile, stone image, heap of stones under water, pillar, red-hot stones put inside animals when cooking
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Tuamotu
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EP.KEHO.2
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Kehoo
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A stone upright connected with an offering to the gods
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