| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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PN.LOO-LOO
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Loo/loo
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(Of a fisherman cathing skipjack with a rod) have the tip of one's rod dragged down into the water by a fighting skipjack
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Niuafo'ou
|
AN.MANU.1A
|
Manu
|
Animal
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.MAEA.1
|
Maea
|
Rope
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.MAGAA
|
Mangaa
|
Fish sp.
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Samoan
|
PN.MAGAA
|
Maga
|
Fish sp. (Jordan & Seale 1906)
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Tokelau
|
NP.SUGALE
|
Hugale
|
Six-barred Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwickei)
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East Futuna
|
NP.SUGALE
|
Sugaale
|
Poisson: girelle taches d'encre (Thalassoma hardwickei)
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Niuatoputapu
|
PN.MAMANU
|
Mamanu
|
Parrotfish
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MAMANU
|
Mamanu
|
Reddish-brown species of Scarus (parrotfish) when about 1 1/2 - 2 ft. long
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAMANU
|
Mamanu
|
Ocean Parrotfish (Scarus chorodon)
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MAMANU
|
Mamanu
|
Fish sp.
|
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Niuatoputapu
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataele
|
Fish sp.
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataʔele
|
Fish (Epinephelus sp.)
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataʔele/ʔele
|
Fish of genus Lethrinus when about 1 ft. long
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataele
|
Flag-tailed Sea Bass (Cephalopolis urodelus)
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Niue
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataele
|
Flagtail Grouper (Cephalopholis urodela)
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Matakele/kele
|
Fish sp.
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataele
|
Poissons: "loche écarlate" (Epinephelus fasciatus); "mérou drapeau" (Cephalopholis urodelus); "mérou fauve" (Cephalopholis leopardus) (Serranidae)
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East Futuna
|
NP.PULA.3
|
Pula
|
Poisson: "loche sanguine" (Cephalopholis sexmaculatus)
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|
Nukuoro
|
PN.QUME-LEI
|
Umalei
|
Fish sp. (rare)
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.MAMANU
|
Manumanu
|
Fish, parrot-wrasse (Scaridae)
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.QUME-LEI
|
Ume rei, umarei
|
Variety of Naso unicornis
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataere
|
Fish sp., Grouper (Plectropomus sp.) (red with black spots and blue lateral lines...)
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MATA-QELE
|
Mataele
|
Rock grouper (Cephalopholis leopardus)
|
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Hawaiian
|
NP.PULA.3
|
Pula
|
A fish, perhaps Pempheris mangula
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.QAU-MAI
|
Aumai. ʔAumai (Tmo).
|
Bring here. Bring.
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.KUA.1
|
Kua
|
Mark of past or perfect tense
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
FJ.LEKE.1
|
Leke
|
Space in house between mat and wall
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
AN.RIKI
|
Li/liki
|
Small
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
AN.MAQURI
|
Mauli
|
Alive
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
OC.MA-RAMA.A
|
Malama
|
Light, lamp
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
MP.MAKA-LILI
|
Malili
|
Cold
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.NA.3
|
Neʔe
|
Past tense marker (= Tongan na'e)
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TAU-LUA
|
Taulua
|
= Tongan ongo (dual number marker)
|
|
Niuafo'ou
|
PN.TAMA-RIKI.A
|
Tamaliki
|
Children
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MA-KILA
|
Matakila
|
When the moon begins to appear, and is said to be seen by gods and only afterwards by men (Collocott)
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|
Tupuaki
|
OC.MAQITO
|
Maito
|
Fish sp., like parai, but small and black
|
|
Tupuaki
|
RO.MANINI.1
|
Manini
|
Hepatus sp.
|
|
Tupuaki
|
OC.TAAIWA
|
Taiva/iva
|
Lutianus sp. (2 ft. max, yellow back, white belly)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
TA.TAAMURE
|
Tamuri
|
Fish sp., like nanue [Lutianus] but white, flat, 1 ft. max.
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tupuaki
|
CP.TONU.2
|
Tonu
|
Fish sp. (Epinephelus sp.) similar to hapuu but larger, said to be man-eating
|
|
Tupuaki
|
TA.ARUHE
|
Anuhe
|
(Gleichenia dichotoma)
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.KAPE.1
|
Ape
|
Alocasia macrorrhiza
|
|
Tupuaki
|
MP.FAU.A
|
Fau/rau maire
|
Hibiscus trilobatus
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.MASAME
|
Mahame
|
Glochidion ramiflorum
|
|
Tupuaki
|
AN.MEI.2
|
Mai/ore
|
Artocarpus incisa
|
|
Tupuaki
|
EO.MAPE.A
|
Mape
|
Inocarpus edulis
|
|
Tupuaki
|
PN.MALA.1
|
Mara
|
(Nauclea rotundifolia)
|
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Tupuaki
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
Ficus sp.
|
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Tupuaki
|
TA.MATIE
|
Matia (matie) tatahi
|
Paspalum sp. (?)
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