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151 Results matching "motu" in entry:
| Language | Reconstruction | Reflex | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahitian | EP.MUTU.1B | Motu. Mutu (Aud). | 30th night of month |
| Niue | EO.PAITO | Paito (Motu dialect), peito (Tafiti dialect), piito | Cookhouse, shelter over oven |
| Tongan | PN.MATUQU.B | Motuʔu | Quite ripe (of coconut) |
| Hawaiian | OC.PEKA.1 | Peʔa(peʔa) | Hawai`ian Bat (Lasiurus semotus) |
| Niue | PN.SAFULE | Afule, hafule | Strip the dry leaves from sugarcane, pandanus, banana etc. (Motu dialect). To clear dead leaves (Sph). |
| Nuguria | PN.SOLO-GA | Sorono motu | Bräutigam |
| Takuu | OC.TAMA.1A | Tama | Child; kinship term encompassing son, daughter, niece, nephew; classificatory child, including all nieces and nephews except those covered by the term ilaamotu |
| Tahitian | TA.TAAMURE | Tamure | Tuamotu emperor (Lethrinus mahsena) |
| Tuamotu | CE.TAPUTAPU-ATEA | Taputapuaatea | Name of a marae in many islands (but not, apparently, in Tuamotu islands Problematic |
| Niue | XW.TAU-SUNI.* | Toihune [Motu dialect], toihuni [Tafiti dialect] | A shrub (Messerschmidia argentea) |
| Tongan | PN.QULU-MATUQA | ʔUlumotuʔa | Head of a family or tribe |
| Niue | AN.QUNAFI | Inafi | To scale a fish (Motu dial) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukumanu | OC.MOTU.A | Motu | Shortened, severed |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | OC.MOTU.B | Motu | Islet |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | OC.MOTU.A | Motu/motu | Firewood. Cut off, broken off (Sve). |
| Niue | PN.KELE-MUTU | Kalemutu | Worm (Motu dialect) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | PN.PORO-QAKI | Poaki (Tafiti dialect), puaki (Motu dialect) | (To issue a) command |
| Niue | PN.MATUQA.B | Matalima motua | Thumb |
| Tuamotu | CE.REFU.3 | He/rehu | A star name; October, the tenth month of the Tuamotuan calendar... |
| West Futuna | AN.MATUQA.A | Taŋata ta/motua | Important person |
| Nuguria | XO.QILAAMOTU.* | Ilaamotu | Uncle (both sides) |
| Nukumanu | OC.MOTU.A | Motu/motu | Divided; broken |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | OC.MOTU.A | Motu/kia | Separated, severed |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | OC.MOTU.A | Motu | Broken, as a rope etc. |
| Tokelau | OC.MOTU.A | Motu | Be broken, break (of long things such as a stick or rope, also of connection, agreement, etc.); paid off (of accounts) |
| Tokelau | OC.MOTU.B | Motu | Island, islet |
| Pukapuka | CK.NUKU-ROA. | Nukuloa | Traditional name for Motu Ko |
| Tupuaki | OC.MOTU.B | Motu toa | Coral bank |
| Motu | OC.MOTU.A | Motu | To break as a string |
| Motu | OC.MOTU.B | Motu/motu | Island; detached portion of reef |
| West Futuna | OC.MOTU.B | Ga/motu | Forest, bush. Brousse, l'intérieur (Rve). |
| West Futuna | OC.MOTU.B | Fanua motu | Petit ile inhabitée |
| West Futuna | PN.MATUQA.B | Ko/motua | Jardin nouveau, jamais planté auparavant |
| Niue | PN.WAO-MATUQA | Vao-motua | The original dense forest, virgin bush |
| Niue | PN.MATUQA.B | Matahui motua | Big toe |
| Niue | PN.QULU-MATUQA | Ulumotua | Church elder |
| Niue | EC.MITI.3B | Kolo/miti (Motu dialect), kolo/mete (Tafiti dialect) | Whirlpool |
| Marquesas | AN.MATUQA.A | Ana/motua | Age mûr, qui a atteint l'âge mûr |
| Marquesas | OC.MOTU.A | Ka/motu (MQS) | Couper par morceaux |
| Marquesas | CE.KOO-MOTU | Komotu (ahi) (MQN), ʔomotu ahi (MQS) | Tison enflammé, bois non consumé par le feu |
| Marquesas | AN.MATUQA.A | ʔEnana motua (MQN), ʔenata motua (MQS) | Adulte |
| Mangareva | OC.MOTU.A | Mo/motu | Couper; briser en morceaux |
| Mangareva | ??.MO-MOTU | Momotu aʔi | Tison, torche |
| Mangareva | AN.MATUQA.A | Tagata motua | Homme de 35 à 45 ans, homme fait; être de cet âge |
| Mangareva | OC.MOTU.A | Te/motu/motu | Sans interruption, sans intervention |
| Niuafo'ou | OC.MOTU.B | Motu | Island |
| Anuta | OC.MOTU.A | Motu/motu | To cut up or split |
| Marquesas | OC.MOTU.B | Motu keá | Rocher |
| Tuvalu | NP.EWE.2 | Eve/tuaamotu | (Epinephelus hexagonatus) |
| Tuvalu | OC.MOTU.A | Motu | To cut, break (of string), be separated |
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