| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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AN.MAI.A
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Mai
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Postposed particle signifying actual or conceptual movement towards the speaker and verifiable by the speaker; indicates a change in the object which reduces the size of the object
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Takuu
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PN.MA-GUGU
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Mannuu
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Make a whirring or rustling noise
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Luangiua
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PN.MATE.1B
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Make
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Paralyzed (of limb)
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Takuu
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EC.MIO.1B
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M/mio
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Whirlpool, water spiralling behind a ship's propellor, eddies, wake
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Takuu
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PN.MOTO.2A
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Mooto/iake
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Be a virgin
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Tokelau
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea ake
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Show me! Let me see!
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Sikaiana
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Do, make, cause; have intercourse
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Takuu
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mee
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Do, make, create, gather; intend, get ready to do something, (of an event) appear likely to occur; act or behave in a certain manner
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.MEQA.B
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Nea/a
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Do, make, work (on garden), write (letter), put
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Used with wide range of meanings, almost as a pro-verb: do, make. Do something, bring something, be about to do something, say, tell, think, wish
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MEQA.B
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Mea
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Do, deal with; cause, make; say; intend, wish
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Takuu
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PN.GATAQA
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-nataa
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With difficulty; take a long time to do something or have something done to it
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Takuu
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PN.GATATA
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Nattaa
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Make a rustling noise, as of leaves; sound of wind in the leaves of a tree
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Takuu
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PN.GA-UE
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Neu/neuee, ne/neeuee
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Move, fidget, shake
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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OC.GUU.1
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N/nuu
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Make a whirring or vibrating noise; whimper, whine, (of pig) squeal
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Sikaiana
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OC.GUU.1
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Nu/nu
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To make a low grunting sound
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Takuu
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PN.OFO.A
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Oho
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Awaken, wake up (vi)
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Sikaiana
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PN.PENA.1B
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Pena/pena
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Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections
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Takuu
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SO.POLE.B
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P/pore
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Shake, tremble (because of old age or sickness), tingle, shiver; (of muscle) have a spasm; (of steering handle of outboard motor) vibrate; (of limb affected by Parkinson’s Disease) tremble slowly; be afraid, worried
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Sikaiana
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PN.PORO.1
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Polo
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The death wish or requests a dying man makes to his family
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Takuu
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PN.PUI.A
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P/pui
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Close something; block (e.g. path); make forbidden; forbid access...; use magic to make someone else unlucky at fishing; govern (as a conqueror); invoke ancestors to ward off malevolent spirits (tipua) at night.
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Takuu
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke
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Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
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Takuu
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PN.LIFU
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Rihu
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Tire of doing something; lose patience with someone; (of a fish) refuse to take the hook, not bite; start to eat something. then realise you do not want to eat it
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Takuu
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OC.LUU.3
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Ruu
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Shake
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Sikaiana
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PN.LUE.1
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Lue/lue
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To shake leaves at the fish which has been brought ashore during the teika lle
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Takuu
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CC.SAKE.2
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Sake, ssaka
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Lift one’s laplap to expose one’s buttocks as an act of provocation, expose oneself
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Sikaiana
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NP.MUU.3
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Mu/muu
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Make a constant buzzing noise (like a fly)
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Sikaiana
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PN.SUI
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Sui
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Trade, exchange, barter, buy; make a return, either for a favor or an insult; price, cost
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Sikaiana
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PN.SIKU-SIKU
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Sukisuki
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End of a coconut branch {paakele}, sometimes used to mark land reserved for a person to collect coconuts {uiki}
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TAKELE.A
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Takele
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Bottom,*base (of island, house on posts, cup); keel (of boat)
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAGULU
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Tallu
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Make a dull booming noise as waves do when they break, or pounding of a hammer
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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CP.TAGI.B
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Tani
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(of a bird or animal) Sing, cry, make characteristic vocal noises; (of a radio, etc.) play, be playing; (of an engine) whine or make some other characteristic noise
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TALA.2
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Tala
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Type of story told to children to make them sleep, a fairy tale
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Takuu
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PN.TETE
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Tete
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(of body) Shake
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Takuu
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PN.TITI.2
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Ttii aronaa
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(obs.) Strips of fibre formerly used to make net cordage
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.TIQAKI
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Tiiake
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Leave something behind, abandon, quit; leave, drop; let, allow, permit
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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NP.WASI
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Vasi/a
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Take a woman's virginity, deflower
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Takuu
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CP.SAWINI
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(Haka)vini
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To whistle; insect species that makes a noise at night but cannot be seen
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East Futuna
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PN.WALE-A.A
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Vakea
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Ne pas savoir, être ignorant, être fou (singulier); folie; mongolien, simple d'esprit
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-QAFU.1
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Wakaawu
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To make hot on a fire (e.g. oven stones)
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Pukapuka
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PN.GANA.2A
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Nga/ngana
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Make a noise
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Pukapuka
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EO.HUQI.1
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Uwi
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Take off clothes
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Sikaiana
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Polapola
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Small temporary basket made from coconut leaf {paakele}
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Tongan
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PN.QATIU
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Ajiu
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Cucumis melo, an aboriginal melon, rare or now lost from Tonga (Rabone, 1845, Baker, 1897)
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Marquesas
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PN.HIGOA
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Tei-noa
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A namesake
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAU-QAA
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Kaaua
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Enclose, make a fence around; enclosure, pen, garden, fence, place divided by horizontally laid coconut trees
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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OC.FANO.4
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Haŋo
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Big tree (make bowls)
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Sikaiana
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PN.MAALOOLOO.B
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Haka/malooloo
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To take a rest, to take a vacation, a holiday
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Deelaa
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That, there (away from speaker and hearer); which, who
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Takuu
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Te(e)laa
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That (over there, further from the speaker than indicated by tenaa); another, (somebody or something) else
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