| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Fijian
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OC.WALO-WALO
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Yaro(yaro)
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A small coast tree with entire leaves
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Waya
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OC.WALO-WALO
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(Y)araro
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Small tree, Premna spp.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.WARU
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Valu/ia
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Scrape out (e.g. coconut, kumara, yam, breadfruit, taro, a tree (to make traditional medicine), etc.)
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Takuu
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PN.WARU
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Varu
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Scrape a coconut or fibres from a swamp taro stalk (e.g. to make a hat), grate; grate coconuts
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East Uvea
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CP.WANA
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Vana
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Oursin (Heliocidaris erithrogramma) (Acanthaster planci)
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Penrhyn
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CP.WANA
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Nava
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Long-spine black sea urchin (Diadema savignyi etc)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.WANA
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Vana
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Sea urchin ; very small black sea urchin spine
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Tikopia
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CP.WANA
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Vana
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A needle-spined sea urchin (Diadema sp.)
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Tokelau
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CP.WANA
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Vana
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Black sea-urchin with long, brittle spines (Diadema sp.)
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Nukuoro
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NP.WAANAGA
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Vaalanga
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Made up (of story)
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Pukapuka
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NP.WAANAGA
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Vaananga
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Public proclamation, announcement, challenge
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Tongan
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NP.WAANAGA
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Vaangana
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(Of water) to make a trickling, rippling or running noise
Problematic
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Takuu
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MP.WAO.A
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Vao
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Uncultivated area with trees, bush; vegetation used as mulching material
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Easter Island
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CP.WASA
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Vaha
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Hendedura, abertura de un cuerpo; espacia entre los dedos de la mano (vaha rima)
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Marquesas
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CP.WASA
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Haʔa/vaha
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Make an opening (e.g. for passage of people)
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Tikopia
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CP.WASA
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Vasa
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Open space; empty space, esp. of cosmic kind; in marine context, ocean wastes
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Tokelau
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FJ.WASE
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Vahe
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To draw a line; marked line; rule
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.WATA
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Wata/wata
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Full of holes, perforated; having many interstices
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Samoan
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PN.WAATIA
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Vaatia
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A kind of dish made by mixing coconut cream with arrowroot
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Sikaiana
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PN.WAATIA
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Vaasina
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A food made from taro
Problematic
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Tikopia
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PN.WAATIA
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Vaatia
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A pudding made from the root of masoaa; make sago pudding
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Tongan
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PN.WAATIA
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Vaasia
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A food made from taro leaves, coconut cream and arrowroot
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Tongan
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PN.PAQAO
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Paʔao
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(of female fish) Thin after spawning; (of woman or female animal) thin after giving birth [syn. paeko]
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East Futuna
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PN.PAQAO
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Paʔao
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Maigre, sans chair; vide (crabe)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.WATUKE
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Maduge
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Slate Pencil Urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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FJ.WAA-WAA.2A
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Vaavaa
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Intestines, guts, bowels of humans, turtles and pigs, after they have been removed from the body
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Marquesas
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EP.WAWAI
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Vevai (MQS) (Ua Pou-Lch)
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Coton. Cotonnier, arbuste introduit par les Espagnols au XVIème siècle, de la famille des malvacées (Lch).
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Tuamotu
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EP.WAWAI
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Vava(a)i
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Vine (Triumfetta procumbens) whose fibres used to make cordage and clothing
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Mangareva
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OC.WAWE
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Vave
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Grow, progress rapidly. Grandir, pousser promptement; progresser rapidement (maladie) (Rch).
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Nuguria
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OC.WAWE
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Hare mai iave!
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Komm sehr schnell!
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Kapingamarangi
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CC.WEKE-WEKE
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Wegewege
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Frayed, as cloth or mat; unravelled; grainy coarseness of wood
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East Futuna
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku/veku
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Ébouriffé, échevelé, mal peigne
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Samoan
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NP.WEKU.1
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Ma/veʔu
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Disarranged, disordered, of hair, clothes
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Marquesas
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OC.WELA.A
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Veʔa
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Incendié, brûlé, brûlant, détruit par le feu; cuit. Brûlant, chaud; cuire, incendier, brûler; inflammation, ébullition de sang (Lch).
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Mangareva
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OC.WELA.B
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Vera
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Hot, burning, stinging. Etre cuisant, brulant, âpre, piquant (se did du feu, de ce qui est chaud, des maux, des douleurs) (Rch).
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Tikopia
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FJ.WALE.3
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Vare/vare
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General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status)
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Nuguria
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FJ.WELE
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Vere/na
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Urbar machen, Gras und Busch entfernen
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Penrhyn
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EP.WERE-WERE.A*
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Verevere
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Tassels; edge of mantle of Tridacna shell, something like short spines
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Rarotongan
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EP.WERE-WERE.A*
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Vere
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That which is of a gauze-like appearance, or that which is thin or fine to make; anything flimsy and easily broken; the uvula . To pout
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Rarotongan
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EP.WERE-WERE.A*
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Maa/verevere
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Fringed, a fringe
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.WERE-WERE.B*
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Werewere
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Some part of female sex organs capable of constriction and usually cited with plural article
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Tahitian
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TA.WERE-WERE.B*
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Verevere
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Lately, a name given to the female pudenda
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Mangareva
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OC.WELI.1
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Veri
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Espèce d'annélide de mer ressemblant aux mille-pattes. A marine annelid like a centipede; it is venomous (Tgr).
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East Uvea
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NP.WELI.2
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Veli
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Démanger
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Marquesas
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NP.WELI.2
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Veʔi
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Qui a une qualité mauvaise quelqonque
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Mangareva
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NP.WELI.2
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Veri/veri
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Disagreeable, repulsive. Haïr, détester; être très mauvais, très vilain
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Takuu
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XO.VELO
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Velo/velo
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Fish sp., similar to a mataere, not often caught. Poss? a Coral Cod
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Fijian
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CE.WERU
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Wedru
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Wet and sticking together as hair of an animal that has been in the water
Problematic
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Anuta
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SO.VENE
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Vene
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A strip of barkcloth used to tie a *poopora* type basket to a woman's back
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.WESE.*
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Ma/wehe/
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Be separated, be apart
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