| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.LAU.2B
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Aka/rau
|
To make more; to multiply
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Anuta
|
SO.MAQAA
|
Tau ma
|
Term of address for sibling-in-law of same sex
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Anuta
|
AN.TAMA-NA
|
Tau tamana
|
Father and child
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Anuta
|
PN.TAU-LAGA
|
Tauranga
|
A formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian...; an individual or an elementary domestic unit...participating in such a relationship
|
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Anuta
|
TO.TEGI-TEGI
|
Te/tengi
|
A small coconut leaf mat used to block doorways leading into a house, when the owner is asleep or not at home
Problematic
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Anuta
|
TO.TIQI
|
Ti(i)
|
Small (used as suffix or separate particle postposed to noun)
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
TO.TIQI
|
Siʔi/siʔi
|
Small, few
|
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Niue
|
TO.TIQI
|
Faka/tii
|
To move or open slightly. To move aside; to make a slight movement (McE).
|
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Tongan
|
TO.TIQI
|
Siʔi
|
Small, little, young (singular); article indicating sympathy etc.
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Tongan
|
TO.TIQI
|
Chi
|
Small, little, thin
|
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Anuta
|
MP.SIKU.A
|
Tiku/roa
|
Cat ("long-tail") [archaic word, may be of TIK origin]
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Tikopia
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MP.MAKA-LILI
|
Sau/mariki
|
Be damp
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Anuta
|
CE.TII-TII
|
Titi/vao
|
A kind of small bird (or insect?)
Problematic
|
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Anuta
|
PN.TOQO.1
|
To mai
|
Bring here (command)
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Anuta
|
PN.TOQA
|
Toa
|
Warrior; strong man; adversary in a fight or test of strength; to choose an opponent in a battle
|
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Anuta
|
PN.TOKO-.2
|
Toko
|
Particle used with numbers in enumerating human beings
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TOKO.1C
|
To/toko
|
To masticate betel and lime to prepare it for an old person whose teeth have become bad
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TAU.2
|
Tou/tou/taringa
|
Ear ring, traditionally made from turtle shell
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TUQA-A-KOI
|
Tuaakoi
|
Stone for marking garden boundary
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TUQA.1B
|
Tua/a/nima
|
The back of the hand
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.TUQA.1B
|
Tua(a)uma
|
Shoulder
|
|
Tikopia
|
EO.TUFA.1
|
Tufa/ki
|
Instruct; command; arrange; (mod.) preach
|
|
Anuta
|
FJ.SULU.1B
|
Turu
|
Cloth of European manufacture; anything made of cloth
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.SULU.1A
|
Turu/turu
|
Sprigs of attractive or aromatic leaves stuck in back of one's waistcloth to adorn oneself at dance or ceremony
|
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Tikopia
|
MP.SULU.1A
|
Suru/suru
|
Personal decoration of spray of leaves worn in girdle at back, esp. in dancing, and by males
|
|
Anuta
|
AN.QUGA
|
Unga
|
Small hermit crab (often used as bait for *tiiti* fishing from the beach)
|
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Anuta
|
PN.SUQA.C
|
Uo/ua
|
Pudding made by baking tubers and then mixing with fresh coconut cream...
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.QULU-KAO
|
Urukao
|
A type of large man-eating shark
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.WAA-WAA.2B
|
Vaa/mangio
|
A kind of plant which produces itching in humans (Tetrastigma sp.)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.WAA.2
|
Vaa/maunga
|
Valley
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.WAI-WAI
|
Vaivai/tama
|
Afterbirth
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.SAA-KALO
|
V/akaro
|
To weed small plants and grass by hand
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.FAKA-LELE
|
Whakarere-mauri
|
To startle, to give a fright to someone
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.FAKA-RIKI
|
Whakariki
|
To make a quick movement with the hands, as in getting a coconut; to protrude tongue in and out of mouth quickly
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
NP.KOLO-MAKI
|
Haka/koromaki
|
Sit without a stir
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.MANAKO
|
Haka/manako
|
To think
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
PN.MAGA-MAGA.A
|
Faka/mangamanga, haka/mangamanga
|
To split
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
SO.KAU-MAI
|
Ka mai
|
Bring
Problematic
|
|
Penrhyn
|
FU.FAKA-TILI
|
Kaatiri
|
Line of descent; stock, lineage (of animals)
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
NP.KO-NEI
|
Konei
|
Here (proximal deictic pronoun)
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
TA.KOO-UA
|
Koua
|
Matured coconut for drinking
|
|
Pukapuka
|
TA.KOO-UA
|
Kooua
|
Immature coconut
|
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
NP.KULA.1C
|
Kura tangata
|
Human population. To begat issue, to carry on line (Sve).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MA-FOLA
|
Haka/maasora
|
To spread
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MA-FOLA
|
Maasora-hia
|
To loosen [ex. hair]
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Penrhyn
|
MP.MASA.1
|
Mai/masa
|
Growth stage of coconut fruit (between *sakari* and *uto*); flesh still white and still contains some liquid
|
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Penrhyn
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NP.SUUMAALIE
|
Su marè, sumarè/ng
|
Very good, best
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MATA.2B
|
Neu mata
|
Half-grown coconut
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.PI-PIKI
|
Mata pikè
|
Crooked eyes, squint
|
|
Penrhyn
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TA.MAANIANIA
|
Manienie/wr
|
Shut up! silence!
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