| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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PN.KAI-HAQA.A
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Tam/keia
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Illegitimate child, bastard
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West Futuna
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PN.TALA.1
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Tara/makau
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Spur of fowl; a strong, brave man
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West Futuna
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MP.QOLOGAA
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Ta/roŋa
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A fibre used for twine making; to look for it
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West Futuna
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PN.FATU-TILI
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Ve(h)jiri. Ta/vajiri (Cpl). Vahjiri (Rve).
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Thunder; to make a thunderous or rumbling noise; large seed pod dried for making ankle bracelet noise-makers for dance
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
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EO.TAFI
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Tax/tafi/nea (WFU)
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Of women, to touch food along with the males
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West Futuna
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AN.MATUQA.A
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To/matua
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Strong, able
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Tokelau
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PN.QAKA
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Aka/hi
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Push one's foot against something; apply pressure with one's heel to the rectum of an injured person to restore lower inner organs to normal position
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West Futuna
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AN.TAQUFUFU
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Tofufu. Tafufu, ufufu (Cpl).
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Main or central beam of peaked roof; dirgepole of house; ceiling
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West Futuna
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PN.QULU-MATUQA
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Uru matua
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First born (adj). L'ainé (Riv).
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West Futuna
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NP.LOMA.1
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Vei/loma/loma
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Full of water (said of yams)
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West Futuna
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OC.WAHE
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Ve/ve (amrae)
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Separate after living together (e.g. married couple)
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West Futuna
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MP.MA-MAFA
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Xmafa
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Pregnant
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West Futuna
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NP.MAI.C
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(H)mai
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To come (singular subject)
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West Futuna
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AN.MASI.1
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X/masi (WFU)
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Bitter, undrinkable (of water)
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Hawaiian
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PN.FAKA-QATA.B
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Hoʔoaka
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Reflection, image, likeness
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FAKA-QATA.A
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Whakaata
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Look at one's reflected image; look or peer into
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West Uvea
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PN.FAKA-QATA.B
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Fagaata
|
Image
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Sikaiana
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PN.MEO
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Kai/meo
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To feel jealous or unfairly treated as when another man is given a gift but one is not
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Ifira-Mele
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NP.SEKE.1D
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Ee/seke tʔmatagi
|
Sail with the wind
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Sikaiana
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SO.FAKANAVA
|
Hakanava
|
Tree sp. (Sea Trumpet?) used for making house posts, etc.
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Tongan
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PN.MAMAGI
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Mamangi
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Shrub sp.; variety of yam (Rabone)
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Samoan
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PN.MAMAGI
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Mamagi
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Possibly another name for mamalupe (Faradaya amicorum)
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East Futuna
|
SO.MAGI
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Magi/magi
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Difforme; être handicapé
|
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Tikopia
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SO.MAGI
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Mangi
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Wasted, from sickness
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Samoan
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SO.MAGI
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Ma/magi
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Ulceration of penis
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Samoan
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SO.MAGI
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Magi/magi/noa
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Applied to a convalescent from sickness
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East Uvea
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SO.MAGE
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Mage/mage
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Sec, desséché
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Samoan
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SO.MAGE
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Mage/mage
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Kelara or mechanical feet, a condition in which the feet become pitted owing to walking barefoot on lava, etc.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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SO.MAGE
|
Manga
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To turn brown (from eating), to tan in the sun
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.SEI-LALA
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Heilala
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(Garcinia sessilis) Small tree, flowers highly esteemed and strung into leis
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Fijian
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PN.SEI-LALA
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See-lala
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A seedless mangrove; sterile, of a tree or sow
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.MAAFAQI
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Mafaʔi
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Creeper sp. (Luffa cylindrica)
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East Futuna
|
PN.MAAFAQI
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Maafai
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Liane grimpante très dure (sorte de cornichon sauvage)
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Niue
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PN.MALU.C
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Malu
|
Protection
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Niue
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PN.MA-PELU
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Mapelu
|
Bent
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Tongan
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PN.LAU-PATA
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Loupata
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Tree sp. (Macaranga harveyana)
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Samoan
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PN.LAU-PATA
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Laupata
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The name of a tree (Mallotus roxburghianus)
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Takuu
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??.TULUMA
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Turuna, turuma
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Tubular wooden container for turmeric, sealed at one end and covered with fine plaiting
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Austral Islands
|
TA.MATIE
|
Matie
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Grass spp. (Enchinochloa, Panicum, Thuarea, Eleusine)
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Mangaia
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TA.MATIE
|
Matie
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Green; hard-stalked grasses and sedges in general (those having softer stalks called mauku)
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Tuamotu
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TA.MATIE
|
Matie
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A small-bladed, self-spreading variety of grass (Lepturus repens)
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Mangaia
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MP.MAHUKU
|
Mauku
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Soft-stalked grasses and sedges in general (mostly introduced as fodder grasses); water-grass (purple flower, good for feeding pigs)
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Samoan
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OC.MAKO.3
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Maʔo
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Tree spp. including (Trichospermum richei) and (Melochia odorata)
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Tongan
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MP.KULU-KULU.3
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Kulukulu/fa
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Small tree sp. (Meryta macrophylla). Called kulukulu on 'Eua.
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Samoan
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MP.KULU-KULU.3
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Ma/ʔuluʔulu
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Tree sp. (Meryta macrophylla)
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Waya
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OC.MAKO.3
|
Mako
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Tree taxon, Unknown, poss. Trichospermum richii
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Tongan
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PN.TAKAFALU
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Takafalu
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Small tree sp. (Micromelum minutum)
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Samoan
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PN.TAKAFALU
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Tamafalu, talafalu, taʔa mafalu
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(Micromelum minutum)
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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PN.TAKAFALU
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Taka(taka)palu
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Small tree sp. (Micromelum minutum). Possibly also (Allophylus cobbe).
Phonologically Irregular
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Mangareva
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CE.NONI.2
|
Noni
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Blessure, faiblesse; infirme; boiter, clocher; marcher avec vaillance quoique malade, faible ou blessé
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