Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Tuvalu
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PN.TE-QA-NA
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Tena/tana
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Third person singular possessive, singular object. A-class optionally marked on /tana/. /tena/ is a neutralised form
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Tuvalu
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
|
From
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Tuvalu
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AN.MAI.A
|
Mai
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Verb directional marker indicates towards speaker or subject of the sentence
|
Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-RIKI
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Fakaliki/liki
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Adverb used to indicate small pieces
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Tuvalu
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PN.FULU-MATA
|
Fulumata
|
Eyebrows
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Tuvalu
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PN.FULU-MATA
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Fulufulu mata
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Eyebrow
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-TONU.C
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Fakatonu
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Command, order
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAKA-MATA.1
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Fakamata
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To sharpen
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Tuvalu
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AN.MATA.2A
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ʔMata
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Raw, green, uncooked
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Tuvalu
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FJ.HOGAHOGA
|
Ogogo
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Small herb used for fertilizer for taro crops (Acalypha grandis)
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Tuvalu
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PN.TURI-QI-LIMA
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Tulilima
|
Elbow
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Tongan
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PN.PULE.2
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Boole
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To order or conduct, to manage, to declaim
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Tongan
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CP.PUULOU.A
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Booló
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Veiled, concealed, something thrown over the head and face, to veil, to mask
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Tongan
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PN.PAOPAO
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Bopau
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A small paddling canoe made of a hollow tree
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Tongan
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PN.POTU.1
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Botoo
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Alongside, near to, the side of any thing (except of man or animal); a part of, a portion, a detachment
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Tongan
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MP.KAFA.1
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Cafa
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Plait made of the husk of the cocoa-nut
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Tongan
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MP.KAFU.A
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Cafoo
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Any covering with which a person may be covered whilst resting or sleeping
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Tongan
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PN.KAAIGA.B
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Cainga, Kyinga.
|
A relation; a kin; one of the same party or interest. A relation or kinsman.
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Tongan
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OC.KALI.1
|
Cali
|
A pillow (made of wood, after the Tonga fashion)
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Tongan
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FJ.KALO.3
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Kalo/aʔa
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K. shellfish, similar to the tava-'a-manu, but more oval in shape
|
Tongan
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PN.KANAGA
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Kanaga
|
Parole à double sens, mauvaise plaisanterie
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Rennellese
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PN.KANAGA
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Kananga
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A chant...with hidden meanings, most commonly referring to love afffairs...A joke about someone making a slip of the tongue
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Tongan
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NP.KANO-FI-MATA
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Cano he matta
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The eyeball
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Tongan
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NP.KANO-FI-MATA
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Kanoʔimata
|
Eyeball
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Tongan
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PN.KANO-MATE
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Kanomate
|
Meat
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Tongan
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PN.KANO-MATE
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Cano matte
|
Lean of flesh
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Samoan
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PN.KANO-MATE
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ʔAnomate, ʔanogase
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The lean part of flesh
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Tongan
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PN.TITI.2
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Chichi
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An ornamental dress round the waist for either sex, made generally of leaves of the chi tree
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Tongan
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EO.HAA.1
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Coi/há. He-ha.
|
What? which? why? what is the matter?
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Tongan
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TO.KUU.3
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Nima-coo
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With the loss of a finger
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Niue
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TO.KUU.3
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Kuu
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Short. Maimed (Lws).
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East Uvea
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TO.KUU.3
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Nima ku
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Main dont le petit doigt est coupé
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Mangareva
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PN.KALU.A
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Karu mata
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Paupière, eyelid.
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Tongan
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PN.KATOA
|
Cotoa
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Mass, whole, bulk; complete, entire
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Tongan
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PN.KOWI.B
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Covi
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Bad, malicious; a bad design, a wicked intention
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.2B
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Cow
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Many; sign of the plural number, but only used when speaking of men, or of brute animals
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Tongan
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PN.KAUNA-GA
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Cow-nanga
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A female servant, or attendant
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Tongan
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AN.WAQE
|
Váë. Cow-váë.
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The foot, leg, paw, mark. The leg.
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Tongan
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PN.WALE.2
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Vale, valea. Cow-vale. Ky-vale.
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Mad, insane, foolish, crazy, delirious; ignorant. A pack of fools. Greedy, gluttonous.
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Tongan
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PN.QARIKI
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Egi
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A chief; a god; a noble; the head man of a party
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Tongan
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PN.QALELO
|
Elelo
|
The tongue of any animal
|
Tongan
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PN.NOU.1
|
Nou
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Abnormally short; to crouch down, to cringe
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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AN.FAFINE
|
Fafine
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A woman, a female of any animal, a daughter
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Tongan
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PN.TAKA.1B
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Táca/bé
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Unmarried (applied only to females), whether a widow or not
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Tongan
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AN.QAHAWA-NA
|
Ohana
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A husband or wife, a spouse, a married person; to marry
|
Tongan
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AN.MATUQA.A
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Matooa. Motooa. Fafine motooa.
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An old man. Age, old, state; (of bread-fruit, yams, &c.) full-grown, ripe; to wear away with age. An old woman, a widow, also a wife.
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Tongan
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AN.FOAKI
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Fooági
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To make a present; to give; given
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Tongan
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PN.FALA.1
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Fala
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A mat to sleep on
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Tongan
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PN.FANAA
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Fanna
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A mast
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Tongan
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AN.FARU.1
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Faoo
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To take away by main force, or by virtue of superior rank or authority
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