| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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AN.MATAKU
|
Mataku
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Fear (n); be afraid, frightened, terrified
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-QARA
|
Mataala
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Be alert, watchful
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-LIKI.A
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Mataliliki
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Fine, not coarse; (of net) have small mesh; (of grater) fine-toothed
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Tokelau
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EO.MATA-LIKI.B
|
Mataliki
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The constellation of Pleiades
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Matamua/mua
|
Be cheeky, saucy
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Mataamua
|
Title page, first page of a book
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Samoan
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PN.MATA-QA-MUQA
|
Matamua/mua
|
Brazen-faced, not ashamed
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
|
CE.MATA-POOURI
|
Matapoouli
|
Have poor eyesight
Problematic
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-TOQA
|
Matatoa
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Be brave, look fearless
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Tokelau
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PN.MATAQU.1
|
Matau
|
Fish-hook (traditional)
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Tokelau
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CP.MAA-TAU
|
Maatau
|
Note, observe; visualise; count; observation, judgement
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Tokelau
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AN.MATE.1A
|
Mate
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Die, be dead (of animals and plants; of humans in joking or disrespectful way); (of engine) stop; (of people in game) be out
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Tokelau
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PN.MATIWA
|
Mativa
|
Be poor; poverty
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Tokelau
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PN.MATE.1B
|
Mate
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Be paralysed (of body part)
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Tokelau
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PN.MATE.1D
|
Mate
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(of fire, lights) Go out
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Tokelau
|
RO.MATU
|
Matu
|
Silver Sand-eater (Gerres sp.)
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Tokelau
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AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
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Be grown-up, be an adult; (of people) be old; (of fruit, crops, etc.) be matured, be ready (for picking)
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Rapa
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PN.MAQU-.2
|
Mao/ake
|
East wind
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Tokelau
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PN.MAQUGA
|
Mauga
|
Mountain
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Tokelau
|
EO.MAUII
|
Maui
|
Left-handed
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAA-UNU
|
Maunu
|
Be detached (from place), come loose (out of place)
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Tokelau
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PN.MILI
|
(Mi(li))mili
|
Rub; massage
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Tokelau
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Mole
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(of people and things) Be none remaining, nothing remaining; (of stomach) empty; faint, swoon
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Tokelau
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PN.MO-MOHE
|
Momoe
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Sleep (pl.); sleep together, have sexual intercourse (of man and woman)
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Tokelau
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PN.MULU.2
|
Mulu
|
Meddle, interfere; masturbate; talk about someone behind his back
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Tokelau
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NP.NANEA
|
Nanea
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(of food) Plentiful, enough to go round; also applied to food such as fish which have a high proportion of edible material in them
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Tokelau
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MP.NONO.1
|
Nono
|
Small black flying insect about the size of the sand-fly...
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Ifira-Mele
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MP.NONO.1
|
Piri/gogo
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Very small flying insect (gnat, midge, fruit-fly)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
|
PN.OI.2
|
Oi
|
Exclamation of surprise or pain
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Tokelau
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PN.PAE-PAE
|
Paepae
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Pavement made of stones around a house; build a stone pavement around a house
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Tokelau
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PN.PAKEE
|
Pakee
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Hit; tap, rap (of noise); make a noise
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Tokelau
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PN.PALI.2
|
Pali
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The genital part of a woman where the pubic hair grows
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Tokelau
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PN.PAPA-A-TUQA
|
Papaatua
|
Back (of man and animals)
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Tokelau
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PN.PEGU
|
Penu
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(of sharp edges) Be dented, damaged
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
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OC.PENU.A
|
Penu
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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
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Tokelau
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NP.PETI
|
Peti
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(of animals) Fat; fatness, corpulence
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Tokelau
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PN.PULE.2
|
Pule
|
Authority, power; chief, director, manager; the corporate body in authority, council of elders... supervise, control, command
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Tokelau
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PN.PUNUA
|
Punua
|
Young of a bird, animal or shark
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Tokelau
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PN.SAPOTU
|
Hapotu
|
(of heart) Beat faster than normal, palpitate; be short of breath, gasp for air
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Tokelau
|
OC.SIKA.2
|
Hika
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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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Tokelau
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PN.SIKU-MATA
|
Hikumata
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Corner of one's eye
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Tokelau
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PN.SILO
|
Hilo
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Spiral valve of the small intestine in sharks and various other fish
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Waya
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FJ.KETU.1
|
Aa/qetu
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Ransack, rummage through things
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Waya
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PN.KONA.3
|
(Y)a/qona
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Shrub, Piper methysticum; kava, a drink made from it...
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|
Waya
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MP.QATULE
|
Atule
|
Fish sp.: Mackerel (Selar crumenopththalmus)
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Waya
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OC.FITA.1
|
(Y)a/vita
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Make a housewall by lashing reeds; reeds lashed in wall of house
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.MALOLO
|
Haka/maroro
|
Pay respects to
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nukumanu
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SO.TAFA.1B
|
I taha ma
|
Out of, away from
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Tokelau
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PN.TAKAI
|
Ta(a)kai
|
Roll up, wind up, coil (mat, paper, thread, etc.); roll or ball of something
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Tokelau
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PN.TAKAPAU
|
Takapau
|
Floor-mat woven from coconut leaves
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