| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Hawaiian
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
(Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Mila
|
(Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Kwara'ae
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Tree (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Marquesas
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miʔo
|
Bois de rose d'Océanie, très apprécié des sculpteurs, arbre de la famille des malvacées (Lch). (Thespesia populnea) (Atl).
|
|
Marquesas
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Méyo
|
A tree, Thespesia populnea, Parkinson
|
|
Mangareva
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
Arbre, bois de rose d'Océanie (Thespesia populnea) (Rhamnacées)
|
|
Niue
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Tree sp., (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Nukuoro
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
(Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
An indigenous, medium-sized tree (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Samoan
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
(Thespesia sp)
|
|
Tahitian
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
Bois de rose (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Takuu
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Tree sp. with spreading canopy (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Tikopia
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
Tree (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Tongan
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
A tree (Thespesia populnea)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
(Thespesia populnea)
|
|
West Uvea
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Arbre: bois de rose (Thespesia populnea)...
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MILO.2A
|
Milo/hia
|
Twisted, sprained
|
|
Tikopia
|
MP.MIMI
|
Mimi
|
Female genitalia
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.MITI.2
|
Miti
|
Polynesian Starling
|
|
East Uvea
|
OC.MITI.2
|
Misi
|
Polynesian Starling
|
|
Niue
|
OC.MITI.2
|
Miti
|
Polynesian Starling (Aplonis brunnescens)
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.MITI.2
|
Miti
|
Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensistucopiae)
|
|
Emae
|
OC.MITI.3A
|
Miti/kia
|
Suck through tube or a small hole
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.MITI.3A
|
Mi/msi/kia
|
To taste
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.MITI.3A
|
Mikihia
|
Slurp, lap
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Tahitian
|
NP.MOA.4B
|
Moa
|
A whirligig made of the amae [Thespesia] seed
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
SO.MOA.5
|
Dagi/moo
|
Labia majora
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CK.MOARI
|
Moari
|
Swing, giant stride
|
|
Easter Island
|
PN.MOA-MOA
|
Momo tara
|
Cowfishes (Lactoria spp.)
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa tara
|
Poisson vache (Lactoria cornuta)
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.MOANA
|
Moana
|
Sea, especially deep sea; ocean
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MOANA
|
Moana
|
Deep sea (especially outside the lagoon
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.MOHE-GA
|
Moena
|
Bedding material; group of flying fish
|
|
Tupuaki
|
EP.MAIKA
|
Meia
|
Musa var.
|
|
Rapa
|
EP.MAIKA
|
Meia hamoa, meia papaa
|
Introduced varieties of banana
Borrowed
|
|
Mangareva
|
EP.MAIKA
|
Meika
|
Banana. Banane (Musa paradisiaca) (Musacées)
|
|
Marquesas
|
CP.MOKO.2
|
E kai moko (Ua Pou)
|
Mendier, mendiant
|
|
Nukuoro
|
CP.MOKO.2
|
Haga/mogo/mogo
|
Take special care of, cherish
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CP.MOKO.2
|
Mo/moko
|
Espouse, betroth, give in marriage; to marry
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MOKO.3
|
Moko/mia
|
Affected by cold
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MOKO.4
|
Moko
|
Facial or body tattoo (perhaps from resemblance of curvilinear patterns to unfolding fronds)
Problematic
|
|
Tikopia
|
CE.MOKO.4
|
Moko
|
Outer covering, especially of bark, skin
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
??.MOKO-FULUFULU
|
Moko-fulufulu
|
The guardian of fire who lived in the first heaven (Loeb 1926:219)
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.MOREFU.1
|
Morehu/rehu
|
Dark, not well-heated, applied to the stones in a Tahitian oven
|
|
East Uvea
|
MP.MOO-MONA
|
Momona
|
Fat (especially of sea-food)
|
|
West Uvea
|
MP.MOO-MONA
|
Mumuna
|
(Viande de roussette ou chair de poisson) graisseux
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MOSE-MOSE
|
Mohemohe
|
Plant sp. (Lycopodium phlegmaria)
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MOSE-MOSE
|
Mohemohe
|
A tree (Leucaena insularum). Tree spp. (Serianthus melanesica, Samania saman (Niuatoputapu)) (Whr).
|
|
Manihiki-Rakahanga
|
CE.MOKO.4
|
Moko/moko
|
Butt end of coconut; parenchymatous material
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.MOSO.1A
|
Moho
|
Hawaiian rail, (Pennula ecaddata)
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