| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Uvea
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PN.FIA-FIA
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Fiafia
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Etre content, joyeux; plaisir, joie
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Easter Island
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NP.FIFI.2A
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Hihi
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Knotted
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Hawaiian
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NP.FIFI.2A
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Hihi
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Entangle, creep, spread, intertwine
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Nuguria
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PN.FAKA-SELE
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Hakahere/here
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Care about; step-relative
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Tahitian
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NP.FIFI.2A
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Fifi
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Compliqué, embrouillé, difficile, dangereux; chaîne. Entangled, enslaved, intricate; to be involved in difficulties; a chain (Dvs).
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.FIFI.2B
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Whiwhi
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Fat covering the intestines
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Samoan
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NP.FIFI.2B
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Fifi
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Small intestine
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Tokelau
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NP.FIFI.2B
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Fifi
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Small intestine
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Easter Island
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NP.FIFI.3
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Hihi
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Eyebrow ; antennae, feelers, eyebrow. Edge (Wbr).
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.FIFI.3
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Hihi
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Feelers, tentacles, any long, slender appendage
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Marquesas
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NP.FIFI.3
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Hihi
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Antenne, tentacule, filament; moustaches de certains animaux, tels que chats, rats
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Tahitian
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NP.FIFI.3
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Hihi
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Cils, antennes
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Tongan
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FJ.FII-FII
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Fiifii
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Enclose fish in plaited coconut leaf
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East Uvea
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OC.FIGOTA
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Figota
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Terme générique pour les mollusques; coquillage, coquille
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Tokelau
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OC.FIGOTA
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Fiigota
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General term for shellfish; the empty shell of a shellfish
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Tahitian
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AN.FIHA.A
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Hia
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Mot interrogatif de dénombrement: combien?
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West Uvea
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AN.FIHA.A
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Fia
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Interrogatif quantitatif: combien?
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Niue
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AN.RANO
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A/ano
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Disagreeable, unpleasant (of taste) [ex. water]
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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PN.KEHO.1
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Keo/keo
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Sharp-pointed, fine pointed; sharp point (of needle)
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-SELE
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Tama hakasere
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Institutionalized indulgence for a particular child, who was not permitted to undertake manual labour; spoilt child
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Mangareva
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NP.PESE.1
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Peʔi
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Nom d'un chant accompagné d'une marche en cadence; chanter ainsi
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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OC.FISI
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Fisi/fisi
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Tangled up, difficult, irritated
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Tuamotu
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NP.FIFI.2A
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Hihi
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To be entangled...involved in difficulties...involved, intricate, hard (work)...
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FIHU
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Whiu/nga
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The plaited border of a cloak
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Tikopia
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PN.FIHU
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Fiu
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Edge of kie pandanus mat, plaited in
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Tongan
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PN.FIHU
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Fihu
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To turn edges of a mat over to plait them in and so finish the mat off; a kind of fine mat, white and very soft
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Fijian
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AN.FILI.1
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Vili
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Pick up scattered things
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Rennellese
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AN.FILI.1
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Higi
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Choose, select, vote
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Hawaiian
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PN.FILI.2
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Hili
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Turn, deviate
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Tokelau
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FJ.FILI.3
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Fiiligaa
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Persistence in anything undertaken
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Mangareva
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CP.FILI.4
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ʔIri
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Plaisanterie; plaisanter, faire des farces
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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CP.FILI.4
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Fii
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Enemy, hated one, enmity, hatred
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East Futuna
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EO.FILI.5
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Fili
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Nom d'un oiseau ; sorte de petit pigeon verdâtre
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Pukapuka
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EO.FILI.5
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Wili
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Large seabird species; perh. Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)
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Rennellese
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EO.FILI.5
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Higi
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Pink-spotted fruit dove
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Bugotu
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MP.FIRI.1
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Viri
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Twisted, tangled
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West Uvea
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MP.FIRI.1
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Fili-a
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Natter, tresser
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Tuamotu
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CE.FIRIGA
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Hiringa
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May or July, according to two distinct counting systems
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Hawaiian
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EO.FILO
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Hilo
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Twist, braid, spin; twisted, braided
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Tuamotu
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EP.FIRO.3
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Hiro
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To move to and fro, twist, as the tail of a fish when spawning; to swirl, as an eddy of water; to whirl, circle, as wind
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Tahitian
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EP.FIRO.2
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Hiro/hiti
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Second night after first appearance of the moon
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Pukapuka
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PN.FIRO.1
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Wilo
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To mix, include someone unrelated ; change village membership; a person who has changed to membership in the given village
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Samoan
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PN.FIRO.1
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Filo
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Mix, associate with
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Sikaiana
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PN.FIRO.1
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Hilo
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To mix or intermingle
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West Uvea
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PN.FIRO.1
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Filo/filo
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De différentes sortes, mélangé
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West Futuna
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PN.FIRO.1
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Firo
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To intermingle, especially to sit mingling with one another
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FILOA
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Hiloa
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A fish about 30 cm. long, white and gray. Common food fish (Lch).
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Samoan
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NP.FILOA
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Filoa-ʔapamuumuu
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Orange-spotted Emperor (Lethrinus kallopterus) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes)
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Nukumanu
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EC.FINA.1
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Hina
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Adulterer
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Sikaiana
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EC.FINA.1
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Hina
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Adulterer
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