| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAI
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Tai/kuia
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Old woman; middle-aged woman (with some tribes)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAI
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Tai/tamariki
|
Young man, young person of either sex
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Takuu
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PN.OKO.1
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Oko/oko
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Small pieces of wood and coconut husks intended as firewood
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Samoan
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PN.SOKO.5
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Oʔo/oʔo
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Flow beyond high-water mark (of spring tides, etc.)
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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Hakasoa
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Associated with, like friends or mates; be or act as a companion...
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Takuu
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PN.FE-QUNU
|
Heunu
|
Centipede; animal taxon for crawling creatures (beetles, caterpillars, worms)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.FUAFUA.2A
|
Huahuaa rima
|
Muscle of the upper arm or forearm
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Sikaiana
|
NO.ISE.2
|
Ise
|
To drive away chickens or other small animals from inhabited areas
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Tongan
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PN.KAFA-GA
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Kaafanga
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Shackle for the feet, made of fau bark, used by beginners when learning to climb coconut trees
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Tokelau
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PN.KAFA-GA
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Kaafaga
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A coiled rope, cloth, or strip of bark worn around the ankles of a man who is climbing a coconut tree, to assist the feet in grasping the trunk
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Sikaiana
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NP.KAKE-GA
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Kaakena
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A ladder; the holes cut in the side of coconut trees to make them easier to climb; a stretcher for carrying a person
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Rennellese
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NP.KAKE-GA
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Kaakenga
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Steps, stairway, ladder; small tree used as a step to a larger tree
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAPI.B
|
Kapi
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The harnesses of the back‑strap loom {mea tau} used to hold the strands of material taut
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Nuguria
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NO.PUNI.1C
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Mata/puuni
|
Blind
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Nuguria
|
NO.PUNI.1C
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(Kanamata) p/puni
|
Blind
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Takuu
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NO.PUNI.1C
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(Karamata) puni
|
Blind
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Sikaiana
|
SO.GETI.1
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K/keti
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To remove the husk of a coconut with the teeth, as a rat or small child does
Problematic
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Takuu
|
PN.KAU.2A
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K(k)au-
|
Pluraliser (makes a group into a collective noun); group, company, bunch, set
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Takuu
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MP.MANAWA.1
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Kau/manava
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Sides of the waist (lit. stomach); sides of a canoe. Kidney (Hwd).
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Sikaiana
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PN.KIA.1A
|
Ki
|
A conjunction showing that there is purpose; tense-aspect marker showing purpose or compulsion
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Takuu
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NP.KIWI.1*
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Kivi/aitu
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Shore bird with black rings around the eyes; said to cry during times of human misfortune
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Nuguria
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NP.KU.2
|
Ku
|
Perfect aspect marker
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Luangiua
|
NO.KUNU
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Uŋu
|
Small clam shell
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Takuu
|
NO.KUNU
|
Kunu
|
Adult stage of an edible clam which burrows into the reef (Tridacna maxima, T. crocea)
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Nuguria
|
NO.KUNU
|
Kunu
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A kind of shellfish (small, grows on stones, edible)
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Sikaiana
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AN.KULO
|
Kulo
|
A multi‑purpose basket made of coconut leaf {paakele} that can be used as a hat or for carrying food
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Takuu
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PN.MA-KILA
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Makila
|
Shiny, glistening
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Takuu
|
SO.MAQAA
|
(Hai)maa
|
Kinship term applied to certain affinal relatives
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Sikaiana
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SO.MAQAA
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Maa
|
Same-generation in‑laws (everyone spouse calls taina or kave; anyone who is a married to a taina or kave). (a respect relationship). Some speakers generalize this term to include all in‑laws, regardless of generation.
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Sikaiana
|
PN.MAEA.1
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Maea
|
Very heavy rope
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Sikaiana
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SO.MAAVAVA.*
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Maaoa
|
To yawn
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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SO.MAAVAVA.*
|
Maaoa
|
Yawn
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
|
SO.MA-FULE
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Mafure
|
Peel (of skin); scraped skin, wound of this type
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Takuu
|
EO.MA-FOA.A
|
Mafoa
|
Bald
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Takuu
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mafana
|
Loosened, unfastened, removed
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Takuu
|
EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahana
|
Removed, freed, released
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Sikaiana
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EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mahana
|
To be pulled out; to be separated in time or distance
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Nuguria
|
EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahana
|
Loose, free (e.g. rope); take off (of a bird)
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East Futuna
|
EC.MA-FAGA
|
Mafaga
|
Petit morceau d'écorce de murier brute et tapée servant à compléter ;es deix couches principales du "siapo"
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Kapingamarangi
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahanga
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Opened, spread apart
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Kapingamarangi
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Noho haga/mahanga
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To sit with legs spread
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Nukuoro
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mahanga
|
Be split open
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Nuguria
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AN.MAI.A
|
Mai
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Postposed directional particle: here, to me, for me
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West Futuna
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XO.MA-ISU
|
Maisu vaka
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Figurehead of canoe
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Nuguria
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XO.MA-ISU
|
Maisu
|
Lips, area around the mouth
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Sikaiana
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PN.MANATU
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Maanatu
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To think back, to remember
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Sikaiana
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AN.MA-NIFI
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Maanihi
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To be thin, of flat objects
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Sikaiana
|
AN.MANU.1A
|
Manu
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Generic term for any animal of the air or on land, including large insects; generic term for all birds.
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
|
Maauri-loo
|
Truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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PN.MAQOLI
|
Ha-maauri
|
True, truly, really
Phonologically Irregular
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