| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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PN.MATA-PULA
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Matapula
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Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Tongan
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PN.MATA-PULA
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Matapula
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Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Hawaiian
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
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Makahiapo
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Firstborn child, oldest child
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
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Matahiapo
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Precious, prized
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Penrhyn
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
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Matahiapo
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Eldest/first-born child, esp. first-born son
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
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Mataʔiapo
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First-born; head of a subtribe
|
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Tahitian
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
|
Matahiapo
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Aîné
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Tuamotu
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EP.MATA-SIAPO
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Matahiapo
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First-born child
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MATATA
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Maataataa
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Split, crack, partially but in many places
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Fijian
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OC.MATAU.A
|
Matau
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Axe. Eastern dialects
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
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A tree (Ficus tinctoria)
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East Uvea
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Masi
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A tree (Ficus tinctoria)
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Maati
|
Fruit of Fuchsia
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Rapa
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PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
A banyan (Ficus tinctoria), used for cordage and ffirewood
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Rarotongan
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PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
A tree (Ficus tinctoria) . Aboriginally introduced or perhaps indigenous
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Samoan
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PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
Wild fig (Ficus tinctoria)
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Tahitian
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
Espèce d'arbre (Ficus tinctoria)
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Tokelau
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Mati
|
A tree (Ficus tinctoria)
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Tongan
|
PN.MATI.1
|
Masi
|
General term for several tree spp. including Ficus tinctoria, F.scabra
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Nukuoro
|
TA.MATIE
|
Matia
|
Grass
Problematic
|
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Rarotongan
|
NP.MATI-KAO
|
Matikao
|
Toe, finger (dialectal)
|
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Rennellese
|
PN.MATIWA
|
Matiba
|
Disgraced, humiliated
|
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Tahitian
|
NP.MAA-TOU
|
Maatou
|
Pronom personnel, première personne du plurial, nous exclusif (excluant la personne à qui l'on parle)
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Hawaiian
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Hookuu ahiahi
|
Evening star (possibly a generic term)
|
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Marquesas
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Hetuu-ahiahi
|
Evening star (Handy 1923)
|
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Rarotongan
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
ʔEetuu aʔiaʔi
|
Evening star
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Niue
|
PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
|
Fetuu afiafi
|
Venus, Evening Star
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Nukuoro
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PN.MATUQA.B
|
Giado madua
|
Main outrigger booms
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Nukuoro
|
PN.MATUQA.B
|
Madannia madua
|
Thumb
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Samoan
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PN.MATUQA.B
|
Matua
|
Loyal, owe allegiance to
Problematic
|
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Marquesas
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CP.MATUQA-ULAU
|
Matuaʔu, matuʔau
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Esp. de petit poisson. (Parupeneus multifasciatus) (Bgs).
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MAQU-A
|
Mau-ria (ki)
|
Take up, lay hold of v.t.
|
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Moriori
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau/rii, mau/ria
|
Take
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Tahitian
|
PN.MAAUI
|
Mâui
|
The name of a certain prophet, or wise man, mentioned in Tahitian traditions
|
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East Futuna
|
AN.MAQURI
|
Maʔuli
|
Life, alive ; vivre, vivant; vivres; vie; vie sociale
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.MAQULI
|
Mauri
|
Life principle, thymos of man; talisman; a material symbol of the hidden principle protecting vitality
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MAUNU
|
Monu/hia
|
Fasten bait
|
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Easter Island
|
??.MAUTINI
|
Mautini
|
Gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris), pumpkin
|
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Niue
|
PN.MAQUTOFU
|
Motofu. Mootofu (Sph).
|
A weed (Sida rhombifolia); a plant (Stachytarpheta indica). (Sida acuta) (Sph).
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MA-WAHE
|
Maavae
|
Divide, separate, part (partially, a little way)
|
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Tikopia
|
MP.MEA.1A
|
Mea
|
Reddish, pink, especially of vegetation . (Stained, bleached, etc) reddish-brown
|
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Niue
|
PN.MEQA.A
|
Mena
|
Thing, object, matter, material; cause, reason
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.MEQA.A
|
Mea
|
Thing; small amount, trivial thing; to do
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Satiated with food
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Rennellese
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PN.MIGO
|
Mi/mingo
|
Wrinkled, shrivelled, shrink, shrivel, emaciated
|
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Tahitian
|
TA.MIRA
|
Mira
|
To dress the head or hair with gum and oil; to put pitch or gum on the ends of the Tahitian arrows
|
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Emae
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PN.MILI
|
Miri/miria
|
Massage, rub in fingers, roll on thigh
|
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Anuta
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EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
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A kind of tree (Thespesia populnea)
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East Futuna
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Tree sp., (Thespesia populnea)
|
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East Uvea
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Tree (Thespesia populnea)
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