| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Luangiua
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XO.LAOI
|
La(ʔ)oi
|
Good, well, excellent
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Luangiua
|
XO.LAOI
|
Laue. Laui, laie (Sar).
|
Good
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
XO.LAOI
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Lavoi
|
Love, good luck, something good; good, sufficient
|
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Rennellese
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XO.LAOI
|
Ga(b)oi
|
Good, well, fine, delicious
|
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Sikaiana
|
XO.LAOI
|
Laoi
|
Good, fine, content, healthy, in working order
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Tikopia
|
XO.LAOI
|
Laui
|
Good, well, fine, etc.
Problematic
|
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Tahitian
|
PN.LAPA.1B
|
Rapa
|
Pale de pagaie, d'aviron ou d'hélice; plat de la lame d'un couteau. The blade or paddle of an oar; a slab of stone or wood (Dvs).
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Rennellese
|
MP.LAPA.1A
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Gapa/gapa
|
To be flat, smooth; to stretch wings (as a hen defending young); to crawl
|
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Niue
|
MP.LAPA.1A
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Lapa/lapa
|
To be flat; full (moon)
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.LAPA.1B
|
Raparapa
|
Sole of foot; projecting ends of house barge-boards
|
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Takuu
|
PN.LAPA.1B
|
Laparapa
|
Soft-rayed dorsal or anal fin (of edible fish, esp. shark); triangular corner of a sail cloth which is not stitched but hangs loose
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Samoan
|
PN.LAPA.1B
|
Lapa
|
A flat kind of coral; a flat slab at the root of a large tree, acting as a buttress to the trunk
|
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Takuu
|
SO.LAPA.3
|
Rapa
|
Speak too fast to be understood
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New Zealand Maori
|
MP.LAPU
|
Rapu
|
Squeeze (in working food to a pulp)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EP.RAPU
|
Rapu
|
To look for, seek
|
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Mangareva
|
TA.RASU
|
Raʔu
|
Eaten by insects (of root crops)
|
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Tongan
|
PN.TAU-MUQA
|
Tow-mooa
|
The stem of a vessel
|
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Easter Island
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
Raʔu
|
To hook; to take something without the owner's permission; to seize something forcibly (sacar algo sin permiso de dueño; apoderarse de also, haciendo algún esfuerzo)
|
|
Niue
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
Lau
|
To get caught (e.g. fish hook on coral rock); [be struck, hit]
|
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Nukuoro
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
Lau
|
Hooked, caught fast
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
Wakala/lau
|
To pull something toward one with a hooked stick
|
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Rarotongan
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
ʔIi/rau
|
Hook out, fish out (with an implement)
|
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Rarotongan
|
EO.LAQU.1
|
Taa/rau
|
Hook out, hook round
|
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Easter Island
|
NP.LAQU.2
|
Rau
|
Shoot, sprout (of sweet-potato only)
Problematic
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.RAQU
|
Gaʔu
|
Be rewarded, well-supplied with food
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.RAQU
|
Rau
|
Share in formal distribution of food; yield of tree
|
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Rapa
|
NP.LAU-FALA
|
Rauoro
|
Pandanus leaf; clapboard of same for house roof
Problematic
|
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.LAU-FALA
|
Rauʔara
|
A plant, a variety of pandanus, but with thinner and softer leaves than 'ara, used for floormats and baskets
|
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Tongan
|
XW.LAUKAU
|
Laukau
|
Look one's best esp. to dress well, wear fine clothes
|
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Fijian
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Draudrau
|
The leaves on which food is served up; the cover or wrapper of anything
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Raurau
|
Plant sp. (Heliconia) with large leaves in which laplap is wrapped for cooking
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
Feast, food set out for eating
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
Coconut leaf spread (traditionally used onto which to spread food for a feast); table; to spread, to put out (of food)
|
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Nukuoro
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
A type of basket [various types, to hold food]
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Raurau
|
Rough basket made of coconut frond for carrying and/or containing foods
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
Nicely plaited basket with plaited patterns used for carrying food at weddings, when paying bride price etc.; plaited tray for serving food to a person at a party
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Raurau
|
Small basket or platter plaited from coconut leaves used mostly to hold food, or as food trays
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Gaugau
|
Basket of cooked food, plate, dish; to place food in baskets for offerings
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
Coconut leaf platter (used for serving food); table; kava bowl; to serve (food) out
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Raurau
|
Basket containing enough cooked food for one or two people
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
|
A table; a food mat
|
|
Pukapuka
|
SO.LAULAUFAU
|
Luuluuau
|
Moorish Idol (Zanclus canescens)
|
|
Tokelau
|
SO.LAULAUFAU
|
Laulaufau
|
Moorish Idol (Zanclus canescens)
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.LAU-QULU
|
Roouru
|
Hair (Obs.)
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.RAU-MATI
|
Laumaki
|
Recede, wilt, ebb (as the tide or floodwaters); wilt (as plants without water)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LAU-PAPA
|
Laupapa
|
Floor, board, platform
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
TA.RAUPO
|
Raupoo
|
Bulrush (Typha angustifolia)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
TA.RAUPO
|
Raupoo
|
A large indigenous or introduced bulrush found on some of the outer islands (Scirpus subulatus)
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.RAU-TAO
|
Rautao
|
Leaves for enveloping food in an earth oven; to so envelop food
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.LAWA.1A
|
Rawa
|
Numerous, endowed with sufficient property; goods, property; advantage, benefit
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