Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Tahitian
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NP.FAKA-TELE
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Faatere
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To steer a boat, canoe or ship; steersman; to guide or direct
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Penrhyn
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CP.TAGI.B
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Ta/tangi
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Sound, make a noise
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Samoan
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CP.TAGI.B
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Tagi
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Make a characteristic noise
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Tongan
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CP.TAGI.B
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Tangi
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(Of animals) make characteristic sound
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Tuamotu
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CP.TAGI.B
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Taŋi
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Make characteristic sound
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Samoan
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TU.OFI.B
|
Ofi
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Go through, get into (narrow passage or space); be room; (of animals) mate
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Hawaiian
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PN.OQO
|
Oo
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To remain, endure, survive, continue, go on, exist
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.TAGO.B
|
Tango
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To visit a woman at night with intent to commit fornication or adultery
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Tahitian
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CE.PEKE.1B
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Peʔe
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Etre jeté en l'air, voler (flèche, cerf-volant), monter (fumée), se dissiper (pluie, la fumée, la fièvre); s'acquitter de; contagieuse (maladie); se propager
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PEKE.1B
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Peke
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(with atu or mai) be all gone or come, without exception; be completed, be all included
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Mangareva
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CE.PEKE.1B
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ʔAka/peke
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Faire disparaitre (en parlant de la mort, d'une maladie qui enleve une famille)
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East Futuna
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PN.TAUSI
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Tausi
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Prendre soin; nourrir (sa famille); tradition, coutume; garder des malades
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Samoan
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PN.TAUSI
|
Tausi
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Take care of, nurse; observe, keep as a command. Wife of an orator or tulafale (McP).
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Tokelau
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PN.TAUSI
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Tauhi
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Look after, take care of, maintain, uphold, keep
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Emae
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PN.MURI.1C
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Mui/mui
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Young, immature
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakihi
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To click, or make a cracklin, breaking or snapping noise; (voice) sharp, metallic, falsetto
Problematic
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East Futuna
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakisi/kisi
|
Maladif; nain; rachitique
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Samoan
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FJ.QASA
|
Asa
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To ford, wade through; make one’s way across (bushetc.)
|
Tokelau
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FJ.QASA
|
A/aha
|
Wade through water; make one’s way through bush; come through difficulties
|
Takuu
|
OC.A
|
A
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Name marker for singular personal pronouns and names of humans and spirits, but not canoes.
|
Takuu
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EO.HAMA
|
Ama
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Outrigger float or outrigger side of a canoe
|
Takuu
|
NP.AAPULU
|
Apuru
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(Of a canoe) Full, having little freeboard; (of an object that normally floats) sink
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Takuu
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PN.ALA-TI
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Ara/ara
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Scratch (e.g. an itch); marine sponge used as back-scratcher
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Niue
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Matalima motua
|
Thumb
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Takuu
|
PN.QAU.2
|
Au
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Remove something by cutting it away: remove unwanted matter; clean or clear up a place
|
Takuu
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PN.QAUEE
|
Aua
|
Exclamation of surprise or amazement, Wow!
Problematic
|
Takuu
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Avvana
|
Marriage; be related as husband and wife
|
Takuu
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PN.E.2
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A, e
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Pre-basic particle marking agent in -Cia suffixed verbs
|
Takuu
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PN.MA-FAQA.A
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Mahaa
|
Cracked, broken
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Takuu
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OC.FOA.A
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F/foa
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Break or crack open a round object (e.g. a mature coconut or hermit crab shell) to get at the contents
|
Takuu
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OC.FAI.2A
|
Hai
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Do, make
|
Takuu
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AN.FAI.1
|
Hai
|
Ray (Himantura sp.)
|
Takuu
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PN.MA-FAKI
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Mahaki
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(of fruit from a tree) Fall; (of a branch) snap.
|
Takuu
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MP.FAGA.1A
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Hana
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Free edge of a canoe sail, leech; remove, let loose a string when making string figures
|
Takuu
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NP.FAAGAI.A
|
Haanai
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Feed; formal meal for mourners
|
Takuu
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AN.FAQO.1A
|
Hao
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Very small, chisel-shaped adze...; nail...
|
Takuu
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MP.FALE
|
Hare
|
House, dwelling; chrysalis; hole in which an animal lives; clan
|
Takuu
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PN.FATA-FATA
|
Hatahata
|
Chest (of a human)
|
Takuu
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XW.MA-FATI
|
Mahati
|
Cracked but retaining the same shape
|
Takuu
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PN.FATU-MANAVA
|
Hatu manava
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Heart, mind, seat of the emotions; breath, stamina
|
Takuu
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PN.FATU.1B
|
Hatu
|
Compose, fabricate, make up (story or pattern), invent
|
Takuu
|
MP.FAU.A
|
Hau
|
Tree, Sea Coast Mallow (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
|
Luangiua
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NO.FEKAU.C
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He/heʔau
|
Bedding (mat, pillow, rug)
|
Takuu
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NP.FENUQU.A*
|
Henu/i
|
A loose leaf inserted into material being plaited or woven...
|
Takuu
|
MP.FETAQU
|
Hetau
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Polynesian Mahogany (Calophyllum inophyllum)
|
Takuu
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AN.FIHA.A
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Hia
|
How many? How much?
|
Takuu
|
CP.FIA-
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Hii-
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Desire, want (desiderative verb prefix denoting an action not normally done)
|
Takuu
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EO.FILO
|
Hilo
|
Roll sennit strands on one's thighs to make rope
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Takuu
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PN.OO.1
|
Oo
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Fish taxon, very small fry of unknown species
|
Takuu
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FJ.FOO.1
|
Hoo
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Kind of small silver fish caught in hand nets, commonly used as bait. Possibly Siganus fry or Caesio sp.
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