| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rennellese
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PN.MO-QI
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Moʔi
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Fine, as hair, sennit, mats or print in a book
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Takuu
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PN.MOTI-MOTI
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Motimoti
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Technique for taro planting: small amounts of compost are periodically added to hasten growth
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Takuu
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PN.MAQUGA
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Mouna
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Mountain, hill, man-made mound
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Takuu
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PN.MAUNU
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Mounu
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Marine worm sp., orange with red stripe...used as bait, etc.
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Takuu
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MP.MAQULI
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Mouri
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The spirit of a person, existing in recognisable human form both before and after death
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Pukapuka
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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To do, act (may refer to any action according to context: to tell, to say, to preoceed, to intend to, etc.)
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Sikaiana
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Do, make, cause; have intercourse
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Takuu
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mee
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Do, make, create, gather; intend, get ready to do something, (of an event) appear likely to occur; act or behave in a certain manner
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.MEQA.B
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Nea/a
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Do, make, work (on garden), write (letter), put
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Used with wide range of meanings, almost as a pro-verb: do, make. Do something, bring something, be about to do something, say, tell, think, wish
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Do, deal with; cause, make; say; intend, wish
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Takuu
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AN.RANO
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Nano
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Permanent source of fresh water, perpetually swampy area
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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AN.RANO
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ŋaŋo
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Small swamp w. trees
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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PN.GAO-HAQA
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Naoa
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Period when flotsam arrives (approximately December - May); cluster of floating logs on the ocean; guts of humans, turtles and pigs...
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Takuu
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PN.GATATA
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Nattaa
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Make a rustling noise, as of leaves; sound of wind in the leaves of a tree
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Takuu
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OC.NOFO
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Noho
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Stay, be situated; be or remain in a particular state....live, dwell; stay behind; sit...
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Takuu
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EP.RORO.1
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Non/nono
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Human brain; edible meat inside the head of a fish
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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OC.GUU.1
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N/nuu
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Make a whirring or vibrating noise; whimper, whine, (of pig) squeal
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
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OC.GUU.1
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Nu/nu
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To make a low grunting sound
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Takuu
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PN.OO.2
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Oo
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Exclamation of surprise
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.OMA.1
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Oma/oma
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(of a bird) Soar
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Tongan
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MP.POLA.1
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Bawla
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Matting made of the branches of the cocoa-nut tree, with which houses are thatched
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.TAMAKI.1
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Kai/tamaki
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Cause trouble
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Takuu
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NP.PAKU.C
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P/paku
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Indelible stain from the blood of a fish, turtle or human
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Takuu
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OC.PANI.1
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Pani
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Smear, as of a mark on the skin; paint face or body, apply turmeric markings to corpse
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Sikaiana
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OC.PANI.1
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Pani/pani
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To have many different colours
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Sikaiana
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XO.PAQIOLO
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Paolo
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A shovel like tool formerly made from the chest bone of turtle, used for sweeping and shovelling
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Takuu
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PN.PAOPAO
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Paopao
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One-man outrigger canoe (considered something of a toy)
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Sikaiana
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PN.PENA.1B
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Pena/pena
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Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections
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Takuu
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PN.PEWA
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Peva
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Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis
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Takuu
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PN.POKA.2
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Poka
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Adult male Great Frigate Bird [Fregata minor], with a red throat pouch; the pouch itself
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Takuu
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EP.POTI.2
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Poo/poki
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Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab
Problematic
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Sikaiana
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PN.PORO.1
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Polo
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The death wish or requests a dying man makes to his family
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Takuu
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house
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Takuu
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PN.PUI.A
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P/pui
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Close something; block (e.g. path); make forbidden; forbid access...; use magic to make someone else unlucky at fishing; govern (as a conqueror); invoke ancestors to ward off malevolent spirits (tipua) at night.
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Takuu
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke
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Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
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Takuu
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NO.PULA-PULA.2
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Pura
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Colour, pattern; coloured portion or pattern of a woven mat
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Takuu
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CP.PUULOU.A
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Purou
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Largest of the woven mats...Formerly used overhead as protection against rain, or as a mosquito net for babies
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Takuu
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SO.LAPITI
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Raupiti, ropiti, lopiti. +Laupiti (Hdn).
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Black-Naped Tern [Sterna sumatrana]
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Takuu
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AN.LOQI-MATA
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Reimata
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Tears, running eyes
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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FJ.LIKA
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Rika
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(of a pet animal or bird, etc.) Partially wild, not fully domesticated; (of a person) habitually disappear during the day and return home only at night
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Takuu
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PN.RUKU
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Ruku/ruku
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Deep place in the sea that is covered with seaweed and may contain coral formations
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Takuu
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PN.SAA.2
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S/saa
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(of something normally covered by water) Emerge, appear above the surface; (of one’s bones) protrude obviously, be clearly visible
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Takuu
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OC.SALALA
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Saraa
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Fish sp. [Atherinidae silversides], edible small blue and white fish netted and used for bait
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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OC.SALALA
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Salaa
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Fish sp., very small
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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SF.SALI.2
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S/sari
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Wipe, remove someting with a flick/scrape (e.g. water) off the surface of something (e.g. of a human body after bathing, a common practice)
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Takuu
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PN.SAU.7
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S/sau
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State or condition (esp. of the human body) as specified by the following verb
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Sikaiana
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SO.SEQE.2
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He(e)
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Negative marker following tense‑aspect marker, not
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Sikaiana
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CP.TAQE-KI
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Heki
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Not yet (tense-aspect marker, negative progressive)
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Sikaiana
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PN.KUMI.1
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-kumi
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(with numeral) Suffix for counting [tens of] fathoms of material
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