| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Marquesas
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CE.MAA-REFUREFU
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Makehukehu (MQN), maʔehuʔehu (MQS)
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Crépuscule
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Marquesas
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EP.KUKU.1B
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Kuku
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Bring together. Ramasser, rassembler (Lch).
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Ifira-Mele
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OC.KUKU.2
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Kuku
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Crab sp. , small, red, edible
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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OC.KUKU.3
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ʔUʔu
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To strip, as leaves or maile bark; to unsheath, as a sword; to masturbate
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Marquesas
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OC.KUKU.3
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Kuku
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To scutch (escanguer); prepare strips of pandanus for mats, hibiscus bark for cord. Raboter; écanguer, séparer; outil pour raboter, planer; rabot, varlope (Lch).
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East Futuna
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PN.TOFI-QA
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Toofiʔa, tofiga
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Etre obligé de participer à une réunion ou à une fête; avoir une responsabilité; hériter; responsabilité; devoir (envers les terres confiées ou le mariate); charge héréditaire; terres les plus anciennes et les plus prestigieuses
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East Futuna
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NP.MAQI-KAO
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Maikao
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Doigt
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Easter Island
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NP.MAQI-KUKU
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Maʔikuku
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Casco, pezuna, una. Fingernail, claw (Wbr).
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Marquesas
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NP.KUUKUU.1
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Kuku
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Turtle dove, (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii). Tourterelle verte, ptilope des Marquises, oiseau de la famille des colombidés (Lch).
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Mangareva
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NP.KUUKUU.1
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Kuukuu
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A pigeon said now to be extinct. Oiseau de terre: espèce de pigeon (Ptilinopus); n'existe plus à Mangareva (Rch).
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Niue
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PN.KUHU
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Kuhu/kuhu
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To be dumb (may include some forms of severe speech impediments where voice is not lost)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KUUKUPA
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Kuukupa
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Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) [North Island Dialect] (Bgs)
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Rotuman
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NP.KU-KUTI
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Kukufi
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Handnet used in catching very small fish
Problematic
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Samoan
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NP.KU-KUTI
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ʔUʔuti
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Small, double-handed hand-net used to catch shrimps, prawns, etc.
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West Uvea
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NP.KU-KUTI
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Kukuti
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Cercle qui maintient ouverte la bouche du filet; petit filet, epuisette
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Tahitian
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Umara
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Sweet potatoes
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Rarotongan
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PN.KULA.1B
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Kura/a
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Red-plumaged bird
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Tongan
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??.KULA-KULA
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Kulokula
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Redness, inflammation esp. filaria
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Tikopia
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FJ.KULII
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Kuri
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Dog (Gaimard)
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West Futuna
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FJ.KULII
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Kuli, kuri (ANI)
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Dog. Chien; mante religieuse (Rve).
Phonologically Irregular
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West Uvea
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AN.KULO
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Kulo (ina)
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Marmite (à cuire); faire cuire dans une marmite
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Mangareva
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MP.KULU.1
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Kuru/oe
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Pƒte de fruits à pain avortés qui n'est cependant pas très mauvaise
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Fijian
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PN.KULU-KULU.1
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Kulu/votu
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Many-coloured Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
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Tongan
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PN.KULU-KULU.1
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Kulukulu
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Small bluish-green dove
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Samoan
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ST.KUMA
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ʔUma
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Be finished, completed, done
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Tokelau
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ST.KUMA
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Uma
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Be finished, come to the end; be done
Problematic
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Anuta
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PN.KUMAA
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Kumaa
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Rat
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East Uvea
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PN.KUMAA
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Kuma
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Rat
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Marquesas
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PN.KUMAA
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Ku(ma)kuma
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Rat, souris
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Niue
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PN.KUMAA
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Kumaa
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Rat
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Rotuman
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PN.KUMAA
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Kumaa
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Baby rat
Borrowed
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Tikopia
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PN.KUMAA
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Kumari
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Rat (a less common name than *ngaringari*, given as alternative by Pa Fenuatara, 1929))
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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PN.KUMAA
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Kumaa
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Rat, mouse
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Easter Island
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuumara
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea)
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East Futuna
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumala
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) (?, I)
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumala
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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Fijian
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumala
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) ()
Problematic
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Emae
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PN.KUMALA.1
|
Kumala
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Sweet Potato
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuumara
|
Sweet Potato (Ipomoea)
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Mangaia
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuuʔara
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The Mangaian name for sweet potato
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Moriori
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Pakamara
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Sweet potato
Problematic
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Marquesas
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuumaʔa (MQN), ʔuumaʔa (MQS). Kumaʔa (MQN), umaʔa (MQS) (Lch).
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea). Patate douce, plante de la famille des convolvulacées (Lch).
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Mangareva
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuumara
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Patate douce (Ipomoea batatas), Convolvulacées
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Niue
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Ti/mala/
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea)
Problematic
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Penrhyn
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kuumara
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Sweet Potato
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumara
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Sweet potato
Problematic
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Rapa
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumara
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Sweet potato (Ipomea batatas)
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Rarotongan
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PN.KUMALA.1
|
Kuumara
|
Sweet Potato (Ipomoea)
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Rennellese
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PN.KUMALA.1
|
Kumala
|
A kind of panna said to have been introduced to Rennell in about 1920; sweet potatoes; considered a Solomons word
Borrowed
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Rotuman
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PN.KUMALA.1
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Kumara
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Sweet Potato
Borrowed
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