Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Tokelau
|
AN.MATA.1A
|
Mata
|
Eye; face
|
Tokelau
|
OC.MATA.1B
|
Mata
|
Mesh (of net)
|
Tokelau
|
EO.MATA.1C
|
Mata
|
Point; cutting edge
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-FENUA
|
Mataafenua
|
Headland, point, cape
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA.1D
|
Mataa/akau
|
Point on the windward side of a reef within the lagoon
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA.1E
|
Mata
|
Look, see; (of building a canoe etc.) check and correct
|
Tokelau
|
AN.MATA.2A
|
Mata
|
Raw, uncooked; young, not old
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-A-FALE
|
Mataafale
|
Gable end of a traditional house; householder, house and its occupiers
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MAATA-KI
|
Maataki
|
(of communal work) Commence, begin
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Tokelau
|
AN.MATAKU
|
Mataku
|
Fear (n); be afraid, frightened, terrified
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-QARA
|
Mataala
|
Be alert, watchful
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-LIKI.A
|
Mataliliki
|
Fine, not coarse; (of net) have small mesh; (of grater) fine-toothed
|
Tokelau
|
EO.MATA-LIKI.B
|
Mataliki
|
The constellation of Pleiades
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Matamua/mua
|
Be cheeky, saucy
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Samoan
|
PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Mataamua
|
Title page, first page of a book
|
Samoan
|
PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Matamua/mua
|
Brazen-faced, not ashamed
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
Tokelau
|
CE.MATA-POOURI
|
Matapoouli
|
Have poor eyesight
Problematic
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-TOQA
|
Matatoa
|
Be brave, look fearless
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATAQU.1
|
Matau
|
Fish-hook (traditional)
|
Tokelau
|
CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Note, observe; visualise; count; observation, judgement
|
Tokelau
|
AN.MATE.1A
|
Mate
|
Die, be dead (of animals and plants; of humans in joking or disrespectful way); (of engine) stop; (of people in game) be out
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATIWA
|
Mativa
|
Be poor; poverty
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATE.1B
|
Mate
|
Be paralysed (of body part)
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MATE.1D
|
Mate
|
(of fire, lights) Go out
|
Tokelau
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
Silver Sand-eater (Gerres sp.)
|
Tokelau
|
AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Be grown-up, be an adult; (of people) be old; (of fruit, crops, etc.) be matured, be ready (for picking)
|
Rapa
|
PN.MAQU-.2
|
Mao/ake
|
East wind
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MAQUGA
|
Mauga
|
Mountain
|
Tokelau
|
EO.MAUII
|
Maui
|
Left-handed
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MAA-UNU
|
Maunu
|
Be detached (from place), come loose (out of place)
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MILI
|
(Mi(li))mili
|
Rub; massage
|
Takuu
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Mo/isi
|
Few, small quantity
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
|
(of people and things) Be none remaining, nothing remaining; (of stomach) empty; faint, swoon
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MO-MOHE
|
Momoe
|
Sleep (pl.); sleep together, have sexual intercourse (of man and woman)
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MULU.2
|
Mulu
|
Meddle, interfere; masturbate; talk about someone behind his back
|
Tokelau
|
NP.NANEA
|
Nanea
|
(of food) Plentiful, enough to go round; also applied to food such as fish which have a high proportion of edible material in them
|
Tokelau
|
MP.NONO.1
|
Nono
|
Small black flying insect about the size of the sand-fly...
|
Ifira-Mele
|
MP.NONO.1
|
Piri/gogo
|
Very small flying insect (gnat, midge, fruit-fly)
Phonologically Irregular
|
Tokelau
|
PN.OI.2
|
Oi
|
Exclamation of surprise or pain
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PAE-PAE
|
Paepae
|
Pavement made of stones around a house; build a stone pavement around a house
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PAKEE
|
Pakee
|
Hit; tap, rap (of noise); make a noise
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PALI.2
|
Pali
|
The genital part of a woman where the pubic hair grows
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PAPA-A-TUQA
|
Papaatua
|
Back (of man and animals)
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PEGU
|
Penu
|
(of sharp edges) Be dented, damaged
Phonologically Irregular
|
Tokelau
|
OC.PENU.A
|
Penu
|
Grated coconut (from which the cream has been extracted); butt remaining of a chewed pandanus fruit; term used of the growing seedlings of pandanus whose leaves are used for mat-weaving
|
Tokelau
|
NP.PETI
|
Peti
|
(of animals) Fat; fatness, corpulence
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PULE.2
|
Pule
|
Authority, power; chief, director, manager; the corporate body in authority, council of elders... supervise, control, command
|
Tokelau
|
PN.PUNUA
|
Punua
|
Young of a bird, animal or shark
|
Tokelau
|
PN.SAPOTU
|
Hapotu
|
(of heart) Beat faster than normal, palpitate; be short of breath, gasp for air
|
Tokelau
|
OC.SIKA.2
|
Hika
|
Make a fire by rubbing the kaunatu or pointed stick to and fro on the hikaaga or piece of dry soft wood
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