| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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CK.KAA-FIRO
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Kaahiro
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Mix, blend, plait/braid materials of different colours
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAI.3
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Kai tau olo
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Serves you right! (lit. Eat your pudding!)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KA-KANO.1
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Kakano
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Texture, grain, in wood, greenstone etc.; colour; berry, small fruit
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Hawaiian
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CE.KARAEA
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ʔAlaea
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Water-soluble, colloidal ocherous earth; any red colouring matter
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Tahitian
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CE.KARAEA
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Araea
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Red earth, bricks, red crockery ware, reddish colour
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Hawaiian
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PN.KALALAA
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ʔAlalaa
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Style of chanting with open mouth, vibration and tremor of the voice, and prolonged vowels; to gargle
Problematic
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East Futuna
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PN.KALA-MISI
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Kalamisi
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Orange-coloured crab sp
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Mangareva
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CE.KAREWA
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Kareva
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Poisson (Scarus jonesii) (Cetoscarus bicolor) (Hipposcarus harid) (Scaridae)
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Takuu
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EO.KALISI.1A
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Karisi
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Lizard sp. (small and brown, with blue and green colorations down its length)
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Niue
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PN.KALO-AMA
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Kaloama, koloama
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Goatfish, small, yellowish. Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloides flavolineatus) (Sph).
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East Futuna
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kalolo
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Bow, speargun
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East Uvea
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kalolo
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Arc, arque, voule
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Fijian
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kalolo
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Bent to one side by excessive burden on shoulder
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.KALOLO
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Gololo
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Bottom edge of the kubenge net
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kalolo
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Bowstring
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.KALOLO
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Kalolo/a, kalolo/ina
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Pull the bowstring tight when attaching it to the bow and fasten it
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Niue
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PN.TALO-TALO
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Talotalo
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Lily (Crinum spp.); an introduced ornamental (Caladium bicolor)
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Hawaiian
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OC.KANO.1A
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ʔAno
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Kind, nature, character, color, meaning
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.KANO.1A
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Kano
|
Colour, sort, kind; seed
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.KANO-FI-MATA
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Golomada
|
Eye
Phonologically Irregular
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Emae
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FJ.KANU
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Kanukanu
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Colourful
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West Futuna
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FJ.KANU
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H/kanu
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Ring, stripe; striped, ringed, coloured, patterned, marked
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Tongan
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PN.KAPA.4
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Kapa/totolo
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Of a small child, be just beginning to crawl
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Tahitian
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PN.KAPE.1
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ʔApe
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(Alocasia macrorrhiza). Plante à larges feuilles ressemblant au taro (Colocasia macrorrhisa) (Lmt).
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Luangiua
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CC.KAPU-LOLO
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(A)pulolo
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Brain
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West Uvea
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AN.KATI
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Kati/a
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Ecorcer (niu/tolo) avec les dents
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East Uvea
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PN.KAU-NATU
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Kaunatu
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Petit morceau de bois dur; avec le kaunatu on frotte un autre moceau de bois, appelé tologa,
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-NATU
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Kaunatu
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Stick rubbed hard on a log (tologa) in making fire by friction
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Tongan
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OC.KAWIKI
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Keviki
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Small light-coloured crab that lives in the sand
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KEFU
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Uru/kehu/
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A person with light-coloured hair and skin
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Luangiua
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PN.KEFU
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(ʔ)Ehu
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Light in colour. Pale skin.
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Rennellese
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PN.KEFU
|
Niu/kehu/
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Reddish colour
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Tikopia
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PN.KEFU
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Kefu
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A basic colour term in the blue-green range
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Emae
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PN.KENA.1A
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Kena
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Pale, unusually light-coloured
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Sikaiana
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PN.KENA.1A
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K/kena
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Pale coloured
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Tikopia
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PN.KENA.1A
|
Kena
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White, especially pure white; devoid of colour, bright, shining; pale, bleached; flaxen, of hair
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Tikopia
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OC.KESA
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Kesa
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Green, yellow-green, with suggestion of off-colour, indeterminate between light and dark, hence may be applied to greenish grey, purplish grey, or murky brown of dry leaves
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Samoan
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PN.KIKII
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ʔIʔi(i)
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Give prolonged scream/squeak
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Tongan
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AN.KIKILA
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Kikila
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(of colours, coloured dress, &c.) Glaring, too bright and showy
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Easter Island
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PN.KISI-KISI
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Kihikihi
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Lichen; ash-coloured, discoloured, colourless
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.KITA.2A
|
Kita
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Tightly, fast, clenched (of teeth), intense (of colour), firm (of grip)
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Niue
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PN.KIWA.1
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Kiva
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Dirty. Dirt-coloured, dusky (McE).
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Tuamotu
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PN.KIWA.1
|
Kiva
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Black background colour
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Mangareva
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OC.KOFU.2
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Koʔu
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Rain-mist (I). low cloud round mountain. Nuage bas, couvrant la montagne; brume; colonne de nuées (Rch).
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Tuamotu
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OC.KOKOO
|
Kokoo
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Cluck with prolonged rasping note
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East Futuna
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PN.KOKOLO
|
Kokolo
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Etre projeté avec bruit; faire un bruit d'éboulement ; bourdonnement du ventre
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East Uvea
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PN.KOKOLO
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Kokolo
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Bruit sourd, bourdonnement, retentissement, bruit de l'eau qui tombe
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East Uvea
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PN.KOKOLO
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Kokolo a te fatu
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Bourdonnement (du ventre etc.)
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Samoan
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PN.KOKOLO
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ʔOʔolo
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Indistinct utterance, hoarse
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Tongan
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PN.KOKOLO
|
Kokolo
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Rumbling in the stomach or bowels; noise of running water, of rice running out of a bag
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