| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tausoa
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A burden carried on a stick by two; to carry a burden between two persons
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tauoa/oa
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To entreat, to ask earnestly, to beg, to endeavour to make friendly overtures etc., according to context; to make close friendship
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tauhoa
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Se tenir deux à deux; danser en se serrant (pour les danses européennes)
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Tongan
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tauhoa
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Two by two, in pairs; opposite one another in pairs (e.g., of two parallel lines of trees or posts)
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tausoa
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Have illicit sexual relations, commit fornication or adultery
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Luangiua
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PN.FE-QUNU
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Heʔuŋu
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Tausendfuß [centipede]
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautasi
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Singly, alone
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautasi
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To be one, alone, as the egg of a pigeon or an only child
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Tokelau
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautahi
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(of a person) Be alone, be all by oneself, be solitary
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautahi
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Odd one; single child (i.e. one at a birth); (sometimes) only child...
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautasi
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One coconut; only child (or only one of its sex) born to a couple
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Tikopia
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SO.TAU-LOGO
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Taurongo
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Inform, talk to; make known, announce
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Rennellese
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SO.TAU-LOGO
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Haka/taugongo
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To report, tell (as news)
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East Uvea
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SO.TAU-LOGO
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Taulogo/logo
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Porter une nouvelle d'un endroit à l'autre; répandre un bruit avec insistance
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau/tau
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To swear, curse
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU.4
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Tau/tau-via
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Rebuke, abuse
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Nukumanu
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Haka/tau/kaa
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Be against
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Nukumanu
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Haka/tautau (pl. hakatauttau)
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Angry; quarrel
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Tuvalu
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CP.TAUME
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Taume
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Fruit-bearing coconut shoot ; spathe of coconut
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-MUQA
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Taumua
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Front of a canoe
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Tuvalu
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NP.TAU-SINU.*
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Tauhunu
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A tree (Messerschmidia argentea)
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Tuvalu
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EO.TAU-TAHI
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Tautai
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Canoe captain; head fisherman; to steer a canoe
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAUSI
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Tausi
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Keep, care for, look after; obey (keep) a law
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-TAFA
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Tautafa
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Next to, adjacent
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAQA.2
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Tau/taa
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To sweat, perspire
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Tuvalu
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SO.TAU-TALI
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Tautali
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To follow
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-TAU
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Fakatau (mai, atu)
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Buy, sell
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.B
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Taulekaleka
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Pretty
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Tuvalu
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PN.TE-QA-U
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Tau
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Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class, single object
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU.11
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Tau
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Pick or harvest [ex. flowers]. Pluck (of fruit or flowers) (Rby).
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tau(ga)hoa
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Friend
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-SOA
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Tausoa
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Friend, companion
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Rennellese
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Tautau
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To swear, curse
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Hua/tautau, va/tautau
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Argue, quarrel
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Tikopia
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XO.TAU-TAU
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Tautau-via
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Rebuke, abuse
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-TASA
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Tautati
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Only one; all alone, by himself, by itself
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Anuta
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PN.TE-QA-U
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Tau (au with plural possessed)
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Your (singular possessor)
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Anuta
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MP.MAKA-LILI
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(Tau)maariki
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Cold, chilly (of environment)
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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NP.MASALO.B
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Maasaro, ma/masaro
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Erstaunt [astonished]
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Anuta
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FJ.MATA.3
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Mata/tau
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A line of men in battle formation
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Anuta
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AN.MATAQU.2
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Matau
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Right (side)
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Anuta
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PN.TAU.2
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Paka/tau
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To place something around one's neck
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Anuta
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NP.SAU-GA.*
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Paka/taunga
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To smell
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Anuta
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PN.FAKA-TAU-
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Pakatau/pererei
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To race
Problematic
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-LA
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Paka/taura
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To anchor
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Anuta
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PN.FAKA-TAU-
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Pakatau/tara
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To disagree, have a falling out; to object, disobey
Problematic
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Anuta
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MP.FETAQU
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Petau
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Tree (Calophyllum kajewskii)
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Anuta
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Tau
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Preposed particle enumerating canoes
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-.7B
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Tau
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Particle indicating linked relationship
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Anuta
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SO.MAQAA
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Tau ma
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Term of address for sibling-in-law of same sex
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