| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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PN.NEWA.A
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Neva/neva
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(of stomach) Unsettled from hunger; (of body) exhausted; (of birds) hover
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Nuguria
|
EC.NI.1
|
Ni
|
Tense marker (past?)
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Takuu
|
OC.NOFO
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Naa n/noho
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Wives in a plural marriage (in fables)
|
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East Uvea
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SO.FUA-QI-
|
Fua ʔi tama
|
Un beau garçon fort
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Takuu
|
CE.PAA-SERE.2
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Paela
|
Curved metal blade of a hoe or mattock
Problematic
|
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Takuu
|
PN.PAGOGO
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Pannoo
|
Fishing technique: standing in waist-deep water and casting a line among the rocks for small fish; Golden Spinefoot (Siganus guttatus) or rabbitfish, typically caught by this method
|
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Nuguria
|
XO.PAQIOLO
|
Paoro
|
Turtle bones on the back, turtle backbones; stirring rod for hot food, made of turtle bone
|
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Takuu
|
PN.PALE-TUQA
|
Paretua
|
Fishing contest with married couples competing against other married couples
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
|
SO.PATI.3
|
Pati kauae
|
Jaw of an animal; dimple
|
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West Futuna
|
NP.PEQE-SI.B1
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Pesi/a/mai (ANI)
|
To shut in, include
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
|
PN.PITO.2
|
Pito kupena
|
A small net about three feet long
|
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Luangiua
|
NO.MANU.2
|
Maŋu
|
Odour (bad)
|
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Nuguria
|
NO.MANU.2
|
Manu-manu
|
Smell (v) of the sea
|
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Nuguria
|
NO.MANU.2
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Manu-saa
|
Smell (v) of something going bad (fish and meat)
|
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Nuguria
|
NO.MANU.2
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Manu-taitai
|
Smell (v) of something which has drifted for a long time in the sea
|
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Sikaiana
|
NO.MANU.2
|
Manu
|
A smell
|
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Takuu
|
NO.MANU.2
|
Manu/kava
|
Foul-smelling; smell of stale urine or sweat
|
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Takuu
|
PN.POLA-POLA
|
Porapora
|
Kind of basket made of coconut leaves...
|
|
Sikaiana
|
OC.PULAPULA
|
Pulapula
|
Offspring whose physical features resemble their male genitor
|
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Takuu
|
CE.PURUGA
|
Puruna
|
Woman who is not young but is unmarried: widow, spinster
Problematic
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.RAQA
|
Mataa-raa
|
Branch, twig
|
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Pukapuka
|
SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa/ila
|
Small shark sp.
|
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Tokelau
|
SO.LAA-LAA
|
Laalaa/ila
|
White-tipped Reef White Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), when very large
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.LAU-PATA
|
Laupata
|
A tree species (macaranga?) used for some woodworking and firewood
|
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Tikopia
|
NP.LELE.B
|
Rere
|
Traditional concept of entry into trance state; spirit held to "run" into medium, and so become manifest among men
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.RIKI
|
Punaa/riki/riki (pl. puna/r/riki)
|
Little, small
|
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Sikaiana
|
AN.ROGO.1B
|
Lono
|
News, information; a person’s reputation.
|
|
Sikaiana
|
CP.LOLI
|
Loli
|
A sea slug; (fig.) a man's penis
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.SALAFALU
|
Salahalu
|
A plant species; used for making the rim {kaullie} of bird nets {seu}, flying fish nets {taetae}, and axe handles {kautoki}
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.SALAFALU
|
Salahalu
|
Small tree sp. used for house rafters
|
|
Nuguria
|
EO.SAU.6
|
Hau/makariri, sau/makariri
|
Very cold
|
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Takuu
|
EO.SAU.6
|
S(s)au/makallii
|
Cold; feel cold (of someone else's body, food, air temperature)
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
S/siʔi
|
Beginning and ending of mats - plait
|
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Takuu
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
|
Finish the edge (of a mat) in plaiting, by bending back the ends of the strands and plaiting towards the interior
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki/siki
|
The method of weaving/plaiting used for the end of a mat (vasa)
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Higi
|
Technique of finishing a mat edge
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Sigi
|
A technique of finishing a mat edge
|
|
Nukuoro
|
SO.SIKI.1B
|
Sigi
|
To assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal)
|
|
Nukuoro
|
SO.SIKI.1C
|
Sigi
|
To tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
|
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Tokelau
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Hiki
|
(in weaving a mat, fan, or hat) The finishing section where the weaving threads are turned back to lock them into place
|
|
East Uvea
|
SO.SIKI.1B
|
Hiki/hiki te fatu
|
Manipuler une femme enceinte
|
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Samoan
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Si/siʔi
|
To make a fringe
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Siki
|
To finish house thatching by cutting extended endings; to make the final side of a mat, or final seam or hem of a dress
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.SIKI.2
|
Hiki
|
The join or seam between two widths of a floor mat
|
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Takuu
|
FJ.MAPO
|
Sii/mapo
|
(of wood) Rotten on the outside while the inner wood remains sound
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.TAFE-GA
|
Tafega
|
A small flow of water during low tide which is used by fish either to go outside the reef or come into the lagoon
|
|
Niue
|
PN.TAFETA.A
|
Tafeta
|
Pool (of brackish water above high tide mark)
|
|
Tikopia
|
XO.TAFETA.B
|
Tafeta
|
Bag or small basket, of closely plaited leaf material and string handle, for stowing small objects
|
|
Takuu
|
XO.TAFETA.B
|
Tafeta
|
Small kind of basket, handbag
|
|
Nuguria
|
XO.TAFETA.B
|
Taheta
|
Container for kaauna [turmeric powder], with a lid, made of pandanus or kanokano [swamp taro] leaves; kind of small basket, handbag
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