Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
Rennellese
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PN.GAO.2
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Tapu/ngao
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Sole of foot, footprint, steps in coconut trunks for climbing
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Samoan
|
PN.GAOFIE
|
-Goofie
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Indicates that action of preceding base comes about easily
|
Tikopia
|
PN.GAFUA
|
Ngafua
|
Licit, appropriate, usu. of food
|
Rotuman
|
PN.GAOGAO
|
Gaogao
|
Uninhabited, vacant (of land, house); without, destitute of; alone, unaccompanied
|
Samoan
|
PN.GAOGAO
|
Gaogao
|
Deserted, empty
|
Tokelau
|
PN.GAO-HAQA
|
Gaoaa
|
Rough terrain, rocky road
|
Tongan
|
PN.GAO-HAQA
|
Ngaohaʔa
|
Littered with garbage
|
East Futuna
|
SO.GAOI
|
Gaoi
|
Étourdi, espiègle, égrillard. Malfaiteur
|
Samoan
|
SO.GAOI
|
Gaoi
|
Thief, steal, theft
|
East Uvea
|
PN.GA-OQI
|
Gaoʔi
|
Jouer, se distraire, s'amuser, passer le temps
|
Tokelau
|
PN.GA-OQI
|
Gaoi
|
Make haste (in doing s.th.); move
|
Tongan
|
PN.GA-OQI
|
Ngaaoʔi
|
To persist in doing something (in spite of prohibition or difficulty, etc.)
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.GAAOQI
|
Ngaaoi
|
Out-of-joint, dislocated
|
Tongan
|
PN.GAOSI
|
Ngaohi, ngaahi
|
Make, construct, build, manufacture; do, attend to, handle, treat, deal with, manipulate, manage, work, mend, repair, prepare; meddle with; ill-treat, attack physically
|
New Zealand Maori
|
TA.GAPU.1
|
Ngapu
|
Oscillate, undulate (as swampy ground)
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.GA-SAE
|
Ngae-a
|
Tear
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.GA-SAE
|
Ngaayae
|
Tear, be torn, ragged, burst
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.GA-SAE
|
ŋahae
|
Come apart, open out slightly; to blossom; to tear become torn
|
Tongan
|
XW.LAFU.3
|
Laafu/aʔa, (mod.) la/lafu
|
(Of soil) impoverished, exhausted by constant used; (of house and surroundings) old and "done for"
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.GASAU
|
Gasau
|
Reed, wild cane. Pointed arrow (Cpl).
|
New Zealand Maori
|
OC.GASE-GASE
|
Ngahengahe
|
Weak, feeble, wasted
|
Tongan
|
OC.GASE-GASE
|
Ngahengahe/a
|
To feel weak and nervy, esp. after an illness; to be exhausted or overwrought
|
Tuamotu
|
OC.GASE-GASE
|
ŋaheŋahe
|
Sweet-scented land breeze
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
West Futuna
|
CE.GASERE
|
Gahere/fere
|
Entangled brush, difficult to negotiate
Problematic
|
West Uvea
|
PN.GAASOLO.A
|
Ngasolo
|
(Child) move along while remaining seated (Hmn)
|
Tokelau
|
SO.GASOLO.*B
|
Gaholo
|
Be on the point, tend to, gradually becoming
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Nahu
|
Bite, have a tendency to bite; sting, pain
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Kakahu
|
Bite [Southern Maori Dialect]
|
Moriori
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Ngahu
|
Bite
|
Marquesas
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Ne/nnáhhu, kà/káhhu
|
To bite
|
Rapa
|
CE.GASU.1
|
Ngaʔu
|
To bite
|
Tahitian
|
CE.GASU.1
|
A/ahu
|
To bite or nip, a bite; to bite or gnash with the teeth as a signal for some violence, mischief or murder
|
Penrhyn
|
OC.GASU.2
|
Ngasu
|
An erect to prostrate shrub (Scaevola sericea) ; Scaevola frutescens
|
Rarotongan
|
OC.GASU.2
|
Nga(nga)ʔu
|
An erect to prostrate littoral plant (Scaevola sericea)
|
Tikopia
|
OC.GASU.2
|
Ngasu
|
A shrub (Scaevola sp.); Grows near shore; white odourless flower
|
Luangiua
|
NO.KATA.4
|
ʔAka/lele
|
Crested weed fish; fresh water eel
|
Luangiua
|
NO.KATA.4
|
ʔAka
|
Tessellated reef eel
|
Takuu
|
NO.KATA.4
|
Kata
|
Moray Eel (Gymnothorax sp.?); snake; tapeworm and other parasitic species. Lobster (?) (Hwd).
|
Takuu
|
NO.KOO.4
|
Koo takaniva
|
Constellation: so-called Coalsack of the Southern Cross (Hwd).
|
Nuguria
|
NO.KATA.4
|
Kata
|
Snake (generic); also sea eels and intestinal worms
|
Tokelau
|
SO.AN-ATU
|
Gaatu
|
Travel or move in order to congregate at one place (e.g. people congregating for a village meeting)
Phonologically Irregular
|
Fijian
|
PN.GATA.3
|
Gata
|
A term used in addressing a kalou, like "amen". It is expressive of his power to perform
Borrowed
|
Tokelau
|
PN.GATETE
|
Gatete
|
Tremble with fear
|
Rotuman
|
PN.GATA.3
|
Gata
|
To terminate, be bounded or limited or restricted
Borrowed
|
Samoan
|
PN.GATA.3
|
Gata
|
Finish, end, terminate ; be restricted to
|
Tongan
|
PN.GATA.3
|
Ngata
|
Come to an end, terminate
|
Takuu
|
PN.FAI-GAOFIE
|
Hainauhie
|
Easy, simple; to be treated lightly
|
Niue
|
PN.GATAE
|
Gatee
|
(Erythrina variegata)
|
East Uvea
|
SO.GAA-TAI
|
Gaatai
|
Du cote de la mer; ver la mer
|
Samoan
|
PN.GATALA
|
Gatala-pulesama
|
Yellowspotted Grouper (Epinephelus sp.) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes)
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