| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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NP.TAU-AMA
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Tauama
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Cord or rope with which the outrigger is bound to the kiato
Borrowed
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Luangiua
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NP.TAU-AMA
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Kauama
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Rope from mast to main hoho’a [beam parallel to outrigger boom]
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Takuu
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NP.TAU-AMA
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Tauama
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Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud
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Sikaiana
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NP.TAU-AMA
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Tau ama
|
A rope on the outrigger canoe that runs from the mast to the boom and then back to the stern of the canoe
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Tuamotu
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
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The left/port side of a canoe; the outrigger side
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Tahitian
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
A canoe with an outrigger
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West Futuna
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
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Rope fixed to sail; tiller
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Samoan
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
The name of a rope in a sailing canoe
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Rennellese
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
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Persons in a small canoe following a large canoe netting flying fish...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
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Rope connecting mast with the outrigger
|
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Nukuoro
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NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
|
The mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
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West Futuna
|
AN.RAMA
|
Lama
|
To shine, to light a torch. Eclairer avec la torche (Rve)
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East Uvea
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PN.TOKONAKI
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Tokonaki
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Préparer, rassembler les matériaux ou les objets nécessaire pour une fête, pour un travail
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East Futuna
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PN.TOKONAKI
|
Tokonaki
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Préparer des matériaux (pour construire une maison); ensemble des vivres, des matériaux; faire des provisions, préparer la nourriture pour le dimanche
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Moriori
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PN.TOKO.1C
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Toko/mahanga
|
Forks (of tree)
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Takuu
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SO.LAO
|
Lao
|
Tail of crayfish or matapoo crab
|
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West Futuna
|
MP.MASA.1
|
H/ma
|
Low (tide)
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
|
AN.MA-NIFI
|
Mafin/fini
|
Tender, soft. Thin (Cpl).
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
|
AN.MAI.A
|
Mai
|
Suffix denoting motion towards the speaker
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.GAU
|
Mau/tSia (ANI)
|
To bite
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.MANATU
|
Manatu-nia
|
To think, meditate, understand
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.MANO
|
Mano
|
One thousand
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West Futuna
|
FJ.MANOKO
|
Manoko
|
Fish sp., mud-skipper. (Amblygobius bynoensis) (Rve).
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West Futuna
|
PN.MEQA.B
|
Ma/ŋane (ANI)
|
To do, to act; an action
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Nukuoro
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PN.MAGA-MAGA.A
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Manu-mangamanga
|
A star-fish; the parasol-fern
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.MA-GUGU
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Maŋ/maŋuŋu (ANI)
|
Gritty
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West Futuna
|
PN.MALA.4
|
Mara
|
Fish sp.
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.MA-RAMA.A
|
Maram/rama (ANI)
|
Daybreak
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Luangiua
|
CP.SISI.3
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Maka/sii
|
Scoop, stir
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West Futuna
|
PN.MAALUU.1A
|
Xmaru
|
To trickle (of water)
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Tikopia
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XO.MA-SIKE
|
Masike
|
Rise, get up
|
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West Futuna
|
XO.MA-SIKE
|
Masike(i)
|
To arise, stand up; to marry, be married (because the couple stand up before the people)
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West Futuna
|
PN.MATI.1
|
MaS/árupe (WFU), matS/árupe
|
Fig tree
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West Futuna
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PN.MATA-PISU
|
Matapisu
|
Fish sp. Limpet (Clk).
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West Futuna
|
PN.MATA-QALI
|
Matari
|
Soft but still unripe (not breadfruit)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.TALA-TALA.A
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Ma/tatara (ANI)
|
Rough
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.MATA-WAI
|
Matavai (ANI)
|
Spring of water
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|
West Futuna
|
PN.MATUQA.B
|
Matou (ANI). Matua (Rve).
|
Thumb. Pouce (Rve).
|
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West Futuna
|
PN.TOO.3
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(Ma)/to/xto (WFU)
|
To rain a little
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West Futuna
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NP.MATI-KAO
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MatSiko/rima (ANI)
|
Finger
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.MATI-KAO
|
MatSiko/vae (ANI)
|
Little toe
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West Futuna
|
??.TIKI-TIKI
|
Amo/SiSiki (WFU), Ma/tSiktSiki (ANI)
|
Polynesian hero
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West Futuna
|
PN.QUNU
|
Ma/unu
|
Go ahead, go quickly (of people in file)
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Maunu-Sia (WFU), maunu-tSia (ANI)
|
To place the bait in the fish basket
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West Futuna
|
AN.MAQURI
|
Mouri (pl. mauri)
|
Life; to live, to be healthy; to be full, sated. Croitre, pousser (Rve).
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West Futuna
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PN.MA-KEKE
|
Ma(h)ke/i
|
Hard, difficult, strong
|
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West Futuna
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PN.MA-LELE
|
Maxle/ŋa
|
Things left by persons now dead
|
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West Futuna
|
AN.MATUQA.A
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Ma(h)tua
|
Mature, complete; precocious; ripe; full. Old, ripe, adult (Cpl). Monter (soleil) (Rve).
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West Futuna
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PN.MAUMAU.1
|
Momau
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To destroy food, coconut trees etc.
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Marquesas
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mo/mau (MQS), me/mau (MQN)
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Tout objet en général, meubles, marchandises, instruments
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