| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
|
AN.QUGA
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Unga/unga
|
Small size of coconut crab (kaveu)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
EO.WAA.1
|
Vaa/vaa
|
To speak, make a noise
|
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Easter Island
|
CE.WEU.1
|
Veu
|
Roots of certain plants (kuumara, yam)
Problematic
|
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East Futuna
|
CE.WEU.1
|
Veuveu
|
To fringe, make a fringe on material
Problematic
|
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East Futuna
|
SO.VEVE
|
Veve
|
Mat placed over food in oven.
|
|
Rennellese
|
SO.VEVE
|
Bebe
|
Torn, tattered, old and dirty (as clothes or mats); tattered fragment, rubbish, trash, decayed matter (aas leaves)
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Mats covering food in earth oven
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Veve
|
Dust, sweepings, small fragments, remains
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Lau/veve
|
Scraps of Pandanus left over from mat-making
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.WEWE.A
|
Bebe
|
Torn, tattered, old and dirty (clothes, mats), rubbish, trash, decayed matter
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.WE-WELA
|
Vevela
|
Hot (of the sun); sting (as from being smacked or bitten by wasp)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.WII.B
|
Vii
|
Sour or bitter (as *ma* or beer)
|
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Easter Island
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
The Indian Mango tree (Mangifera indica)
Borrowed
|
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Hawaiian
|
OC.WII.A
|
Wii
|
(Spondias dulcis), Tamarind
|
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Mangareva
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
Mango (I). Fruit tree sp. Manguier (Mangifera indica, Anacardiacées) (Rch).
|
|
Penrhyn
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
Mango (Mangifera indica)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
Mango (Mangifera indica), formerly (Spondias dulcis)
|
|
Tahitian
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
Mangue (Mangifera indica). Pomme cythère (Spondias cytherea, S.dulcis) (Vii tahiti)
|
|
Tokelau
|
OC.WII.A
|
Vii
|
Kind of mango found in Samoa only
|
|
Mangareva
|
CE.WIKI.1
|
Viki
|
Courir, marcher vite
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.WIKI.2
|
Viki
|
Rendre hommage; louer (intransitif); louange
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.WIKI.2
|
Viki
|
Blazed, marked out, made (of a track or trail)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Luangiua
|
XO.VILI.1
|
ʔAli vili
|
Masturbation of men
|
|
Takuu
|
XO.VILI.1
|
V/viri
|
(of a male) Masturbate
|
|
Takuu
|
OC.WISI
|
Visi
|
Entangle, (during weaving) merge two sets of cordage; entangled; mixed up, in a confused state; closely related (and therefore unable to marry)
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MA-FAKI
|
Mahagi
|
Broken off, twisted off
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MANATU
|
Manatu/a
|
Remember
|
|
Sa'a
|
EO.LAU.3
|
Maa/lau
|
Air, firmament (Ivs)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.KULA.1B
|
Kura
|
Red-plumaged bird
|
|
Nggela
|
EO.MAGA.2
|
Manga
|
Mouth
|
|
Niue
|
OC.PULAKA
|
Pulaka
|
Xanthosoma violaceum, a plant similar to taro, with thick tuberous edible rhizome (Sph)
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.TUTUNA
|
Tutunu
|
Dead portion of black pamulo or magei trees used as central portions of arrows, spears, fighting clubs
|
|
Waya
|
PN.MAPA
|
Baba
|
Tree sp. (Diospyros major)
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.MAQOTA
|
Maʔota
|
Plante (Pongamia pinnata), Légumineuse
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MAQA-LAWA
|
Maʔamaʔalava
|
Tree sp. (Elaeocarpus tonganus)
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MAQA-LAWA
|
Maʔalava, maalava
|
Plant (Planchonella torricellensis)
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MAQA-LAWA
|
Maamaalava
|
Tree sp. including possibly Macaranga, Sideroxylon, Buchanania
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MAQA-LAWA
|
Maamaalava
|
Tree sp. (Planchonella samoensis)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAQA-LAWA
|
Mamalava
|
A tree (Elaeocarpus tonganus)
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.KUMALA.1
|
Kumala
|
Sweet potato
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.KAWA-KAWA
|
Kavakava a kuma
|
Nom d'une plante de brousse (Macropiper latifolium)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.KAWA-KAWA
|
Kawakawa
|
(Macropiper excelsum)
|
|
Fijian
|
CP.SAGALE
|
Sagale
|
A variety of mangrove (Lumnitzera littorea)
|
|
Tongan
|
CP.SAGALE
|
Hangale
|
Tree sp. like mangrove; (Lumnitzera littorea) (Whr)
|
|
Waya
|
EO.FAO
|
Vaaoo
|
Tree sp. (Neisosperma oppositifolia)
|
|
Samoan
|
MP.KIE.A
|
ʔIe
|
Kind of pandanus, the leaf of which is used for weaving fine mats
|
|
Gilbertese
|
MP.REGA
|
Renga
|
(Curcuma longa)
|
|
Gilbertese
|
PN.KUMALA.1
|
Kumara
|
(Ipomoea batatas)
|
|
Samoan
|
EO.MANA-UI
|
Manaui
|
The name of a tree
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MASAME
|
Mahame
|
(Glochidion ramiflorum) (Niuas)
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