| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
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CP.TEA
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Maa/tea
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White; clean
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Nuguria
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PN.MAA-TINO
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Maatino
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Visible, recognisable
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Nuguria
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OC.MAATOLU
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Maatoru
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Thick [grossus] (e.g. leaf, material)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
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Maauri/loo
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True; truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MAEA.1
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Maea
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Rope (big, used for ships)
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Nuguria
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PN.MA-SAE
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Mahae (pl. mahhae)
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Broken; torn; crack in a canoe
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Nuguria
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EC.MASAGA.3
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Mahana
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A kind of turtle (shell used for manufacture of ornaments)
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Nuguria
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MP.MA-FANA
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Mahana
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Warm
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Nuguria
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PN.MAASINA
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Maahina
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Light (n); shine, shiny
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Nuguria
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NP.MAI.C
|
Mai
|
Come (here)!
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Nuguria
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PN.MAILE
|
Maile
|
Fern
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Nuguria
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PN.MAKA.B
|
Maka
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Sling (n)
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Nuguria
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PN.KAMA-KAMA.1
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Makamaka
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Sea crab sp., green and small, stone crab
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.MAKA-LILI
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Makariri
|
Cold; coldness; moist, damp
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Nuguria
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MP.MAMA.2
|
Mama
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Chewed food (when you are eating)
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Nuguria
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MP.MAMI
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Mami
|
Taste (a flavour), examine, test
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Nuguria
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AN.MAGA.1
|
Mana
|
Bifurcate (tree)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Manamaatai
|
A kind of poisonous starfish
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Nuguria
|
MP.MANAWA.1
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Manava
|
Stomach, belly
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Niue
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RO.MANINI.1
|
Manini
|
Fish sp.: Arc-eyed Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
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Nuguria
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PN.MAGEHO.A
|
Maneo
|
Itchy
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Nuguria
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OC.MANOGI
|
Manoni
|
Fragrant, smelling good; a good taste, as food with coconut oil
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Nuguria
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AN.MANU.1A
|
Manu
|
Birds, animals (including insects, worms and crayfish)
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.4
|
Mara
|
Fish sp., Trooper
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Nuguria
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Manu/taitai
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Smell of something which has drifted for a long time in the sea
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Nuguria
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SO.MAA-LALI
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Marari/rari (older), ma/raar/rari (younger)
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Slippery, slipping
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Nuguria
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OC.MALAQE
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Marae
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Place for performing rituals...main clearing in the centre of the village...
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Nuguria
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SO.MUQA-GA-LAQE
|
Marae/rae
|
Forehead
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MALA.2
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Mara/mara
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Chips (of wood), sawdust; kneecap (maramara te turi); a white shell found on the shore
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Nuguria
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EO.MALALA
|
Marara
|
Charcoal, live coals, embers
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Nuguria
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SO.MAA-LALI
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Marari
|
Slip, slipped (vi)
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Nuguria
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NP.MALALI
|
Marari
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Kind of small fish used as bait for vaka-hii
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Nuguria
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OC.MALAU.2
|
Marau
|
Bird sp., wild fowl
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Nuguria
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RO.MALAU.1
|
Marau
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Small red fish sp. with big eyes
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Nuguria
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PN.MA-LIGI.A
|
Marini
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(Boat) capsize (vi)
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Nuguria
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MP.MALO
|
Maro
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Traditional clothing made from bark of hau tree
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Nuguria
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MP.MALU.A
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Maru
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Shade; shady, shaded
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Nuguria
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MP.MALUU.A
|
Maruu
|
Tender
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Nuguria
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EO.MATA.1C
|
Mata
|
Point (of spear etc.), tip (of pencil)
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Nuguria
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AN.MATA.2A
|
Mata
|
Raw, uncooked (taro, fish etc.)
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Nuguria
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PN.MATA-QALI
|
Mataa rii
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Coconut when meat inside is not well formed
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Nuguria
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PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataahenua
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Point of land, headland
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Nuguria
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NP.KA-KAI
|
Mata/kkai
|
Pointed (of spear)
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Nuguria
|
AN.MATAKU
|
Mataku
|
Fear, fright; be afraid, frightened
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Nuguria
|
CP.MA-MATA
|
Mata/mata
|
Look after, watch over
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Nuguria
|
XO.MATA-A-WAKA
|
Matavaka
|
Front end of the canoe
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Nuguria
|
PN.MATE.1D
|
Mate
|
Be extinguished (of fire)
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Nuguria
|
AN.MATUQA.C
|
Matua (pl. maatua)
|
Parent
|
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Nuguria
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PN.MATUKU.A
|
Matuku
|
Heron sp. (black). Pacific reef egret, black morph (Hdn).
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Nuguria
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EO.MAUII
|
Mauii
|
Left (side, hand)
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