| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Saga
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A dowry, property given by the woman's family at her marriage
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Tongan
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PN.KISI.1
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Kihi/ʔi, hikiʔi
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Small, insignificant (preposed to noun)
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Tongan
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PN.KISI.1
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Kiʔi
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Small, little, tiny, young (preposed to noun)
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East Uvea
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NP.KIINAKI.*
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Kiitaki
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Manger quelque chose avec la noix de coco
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East Futuna
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NP.KIINAKI.*
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Kiitaki
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Manger des tubercules ou des bananes mûres avec de la pulpe de coco; sevrage
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Tongan
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NP.KIINAKI.*
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Kataki
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To eat two different kinds of vegetable food together (instead of vegetable and *kiki*). Manger qc. avec la noix de cocos (Btn).
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East Uvea
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PN.KIKI.1
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Kiikii
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Fricot, chose que l'on mange avec une autre
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East Futuna
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PN.KIKI.1
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Kiki
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Chose que l'on mange avec une autre; manger son fricot avec son pain.
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East Uvea
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PN.RAGI
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Lagi/aki
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Chef temporaire, celui qui exerce les fonctions du chef de village pendant son absence; commander, coordonner, ordonner, diriger, prescrire
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Sikaiana
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PN.RAGI
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Lani/ttia
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To be divided into equal portions among many different people.
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Tongan
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafasia
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To be weighed down, burdened (lit. or fig.)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafasia
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Be too heavy for, weigh down [NUP]
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East Uvea
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafasi-a
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Plié sous le poids
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Samoan
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafatia
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To be weighed down; burdened, oppressed; dead
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Tokelau
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Maafatia
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Be deeply upset; be bereaved, deeply sad; suffer, be overcome
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Nukuoro
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Dae/mahadia, -lia
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Heavy, oppressive, hard to take
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Tahitian
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mahatea
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To be weary of a thing
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mahatia
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To be weighted down
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Tongan
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PN.TAKA-MILO
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Maakamio
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To sit or lie about, or just stroll round, doing nothing, when one ought to be up and doing one's duty
Problematic
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East Uvea
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XW.MATINI
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Masini
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Offrande de kava aux divinités d'autrefois
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East Futuna
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XW.MATINI
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Matini (obs.)
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Bouquet de cocos, de bananes, arrachés de leur tronc pour des cérémonies paiennes
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Samoan
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XW.MATINI
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Matini
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An offering of branches of certain trees, to induce *aitu* to pass over the place where they are hung without calling in.
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Tikopia
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XW.MATINI
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Matini
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Flag, pennant; barkcloth streamer (?for *noa*, ritual streamer of barkcloth or leaf marker, as memorial decoration, temple offering, or taboo sign)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maʔunu
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Tomber à travers un panier, par les fentes d'un plancher
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East Uvea
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PN.MAQI
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Mai/te, mai/ne
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(obs.) Gardez-vous de, ne faites pas, cessez
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Hawaiian
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PN.MAQI
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Mai
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Preverbal particle of negative command: don't
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Tongan
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XW.MATI.2
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Mesi/masi
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Neither green nor dry; partially dry (of wood, bark, leaves)
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Tongan
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XW.MATI.2
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Masi
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Partially dry (= mesimasi), but applied only to paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*).
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East Uvea
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XW.MATI.2
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Masi/masi (obs.)
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Vieux, fané, flétri; (coco) cueilli depuis longtemps
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East Futuna
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XW.MATI.2
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Mati
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Laisser à jaunir (feuilles de tabac ou semences de taro)
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Samoan
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XW.MATI.2
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Mati
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Stale, as water that has been left for some time, or coconuts picked some days before; also of *'ava*
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Nukuoro
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XW.MATI.2
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Madi
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To add organic material to the taro bog
Problematic
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East Uvea
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PN.MA-LEPE
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Malepe
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Tomber en quantité, tomber en déconfiture
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East Uvea
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MP.MALUU.A
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Maaluu
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Etre adouci, rendu tendre, doux, mou
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East Futuna
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MP.MANUU
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Manuu, monuu
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Heureusement que...
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East Futuna
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PN.MANUU-QIA
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Manuʔia
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Être comblé, être heureux; bonheur, chance; à votre santé!
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East Uvea
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OC.MANUKA.1
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Manuka(nuka) (obs.)
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Maladie, plaie; périr, mourir, détruire, être détruit (terme respectueux, en parlant du Roi, de sa maison, d'une église)
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Tuvalu
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PN.MATA.5
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Mata/loa
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Door, gate
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Tuvalu
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CP.TUKU.A
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Ma/tuku ki lalo
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To drop down, recede [ex. population]
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau
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Fruit marking prefix
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAU-.14
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Tau/tolu
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Threesome, group of three (animals and fruit)
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Tuvalu
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MP.SUKI.A
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Ma/suki/suki
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To pain, ache; to have stabbing pains; (of cold) biting
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Tuvalu
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AN.MASI.1
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Masi
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Biscuit, cabin cracker
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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PN.E.1B
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E
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Marker placed before numerals
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Tuvalu
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PN.MATE-GA
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Matega
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Death (the state of being dead, the act of dying)
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Tuvalu
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XW.FAI-TALIHA
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Faitalia
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No matter what, whatever the circumstances
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Tuvalu
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PN.KIKI.1
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Kiki
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To eat one food with another; to mix foods in the mouth. Protein (may refer to meat, fish or anything else eaten with rice, *pulaka* etc.; to eat protein or other food with rice (Jsn).
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Tuvalu
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafatia (pl. maafatia)
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To be weighed down, under pressure; depressed, sad (*loto mafatia*)
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East Futuna
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PN.NAO
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Nao/nao
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Sorte de pêche improvisée à la main effectuée par les femmes
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Tongan
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOpo/tanga
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Several layers of beaten paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*) laid together for further beating (in the process of making tapa cloth).
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