| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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PN.MAATA-KI
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Mataki (atu)
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To look, observe
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Anuta
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CP.MA-MATA
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Mata/mata
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Look around
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Tuvalu
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PN.MA-RAMA.C
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Faka/maalama/lama
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Explain, translate
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Tuvalu
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PN.OMA.1
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Oma
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To clear by jumping; to overflow (of water)
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Tuvalu
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PN.TUSU.B
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Ma(t)ikao/tusi
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Index finger
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Tuvalu
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NP.LOMA.1
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L/loma
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Flow freely (as milk from nipple)
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Tuvalu
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PN.WAHA-WAHA
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Vava mamao = vaavaa mamao
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Far different
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Tuvalu
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SO.MAAFULU
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Maafulu
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To be sleepy, to just wake up. Just woken (Rby).
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Tuvalu
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SO.MAAFULU
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Maafuu
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Sleepy, weary
Phonologically Irregular
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Anuta
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PN.QONO.3
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Mata/(o)ono
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To see
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Anuta
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PN.PALA.3
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Mata/para
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Blind (lit. ulcerated eyes)
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Anuta
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FJ.MATA.3
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Mata/tau
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A line of men in battle formation
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Anuta
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AN.MATAQU.2
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Matau
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Right (side)
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Anuta
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MP.MATA-WAI
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Matavai
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Spring source (the spot where a spring comes out of the ground)
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Anuta
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PN.MATE.2
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Mate/a
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Maybe, perhaps, probably
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Anuta
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PN.MATI.1
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Mati
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(Ficus septica)
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Anuta
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PN.MASI-MASI
|
Matimati
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Dolphin (fish)
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Anuta
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AN.MATUQA.A
|
Matua
|
Husband
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Anuta
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Matua
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Important, major, primary; adult; mature, ripe
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Anuta
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XW.MA-TUKU
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Matuku
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To disband
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Anuta
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maunu
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To untie a strip of bark-cloth, so that a *popora*-type basket falls from a woman's back
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Anuta
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MP.MAQULI
|
Mauri
|
Soul
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Anuta
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PN.MAQU-QALUGA
|
Maurunga
|
High (in rank)
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Anuta
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/urunga
|
Door, doorway
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Tongan
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/paa
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Gate, door, or window
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East Uvea
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/paa
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Porte, entrée
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East Uvea
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/hufaga
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Entrée, porte, ouverture
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/paa
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Ouverture, porte
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/a ulufaga
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Entrée (d'un domaine)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MATA.5
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Mat/hoka
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Door, doorway
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West Uvea
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/faiaa
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Porte d'entrée; entrée de la barrière de la chefferie
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Takuu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata-
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In compounds denoting an opening or entrance
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Takuu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/tootoka
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Doorway
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.MATA.5
|
Mata
|
Door
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Emae
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/feiaa
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Door
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Rennellese
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PN.MATA.5
|
Mataa ʔaa
|
Gate, fence opening
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Anuta
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PN.MOSO.2
|
Mo
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Cooked, in any manner (baked, roasted, boiled)
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Anuta
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AN.NAMU.1A
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Na/namu
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To have an unpleasant odour, to stink; sour, pungent or other disagreeable odour, such as the smell of *ma*, or rotten fish
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Anuta
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SO.NEVE
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Neve/nga
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A load carried by a woman by tying it to her back with a strip of barkcloth
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Anuta
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??.QATAMAI.B
|
Nima atamai
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Right arm, right hand
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Anuta
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
|
Young coconut
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Anuta
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PN.MATUQU.B
|
Niu matuu
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Mature coconut (before the stage where the liquid congeals to form the *oko*)
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Anuta
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Coconut before it has become fully mature and fallen from the tree
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Anuta
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CP.NOQA
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Noo/kapa
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A belt made from sennit cord
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Anuta
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PN.PULE.2
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Nga(a)/pure
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Married man
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Anuta
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PN.MO-QI
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Ngo
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Prefix indicating that an object has in some way been altered in such a manner as to prepare it for use (e.g. ngo-ika 'piece of cooked fish', ngo-paka 'piece of tobacco ready for smoking')
Problematic
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Anuta
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OC.PAA.3A
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Pa(a)
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Traditional fishing lure with pearl shell "spoon" and turtle shell or green snail hook; necklace made from same
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Anuta
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AN.KASO.1
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Paka/kato
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Thin transverse supporting strip for roof of house, made from betel nut [sc. betel palm?]
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Anuta
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PN.MANATU
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Paka/maanatu
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To remember
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Anuta
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MP.QILO-A
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Paka/ma/iro/ga
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Memory; memorial...
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