| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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SO.MAKA-VAA
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Maʔavaa
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Ajar (of door)
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Samoan
|
NP.MA-KAWE
|
Maʔave
|
Good head of hair
|
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Rarotongan
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PN.MA-KENU
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Makenu
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Trace, track, as marks showing something haspassed; rooted up, as by pigs
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MA-KILA
|
Magila
|
Sorry state, poor condition
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.KOO-TAWA.2
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Kootawa/tawa
|
A mollusc
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
OC.MAKO.3
|
Mako
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A medium high tree with soft wood. A type of tree whose bark was used in traditional clothing (Lch).
|
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Takuu
|
OC.MAKO.3
|
Mako/pini, moko/pini
|
Hardwood tree growing plentifully on Takuu island between Te Kaaina and I Tuattori
|
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Tikopia
|
OC.MAKO.3
|
Mako
|
A tree of the woodland; wood occasionally used for outriggers
|
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maaʔona
|
Satiated with food
|
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Emae
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
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Maakona
|
Satisfied with food, surfeited
|
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Niuafo'ou
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
Satiated with food
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
To be filled up with food. Thirst quenched (Bck).
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maʔona
|
Satisfied with food
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
Replete, satisfied with food
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
Satiated with food
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MAA-KONA.1
|
Maakona
|
Satiated with food
|
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MAA-KUU
|
Maʔuu
|
Damp, wet, humid, moist, cool, refreshing
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.MALA.2
|
Mala/mala. Malaa/mala (Ebt).
|
Wasted pieces of wood, sticks left over from cutting wood. Chips (Ebt).
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MALA.2
|
Mala/mala
|
Wood-chips
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MALA.2
|
Mala/mala
|
Wood chip
|
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Takuu
|
PN.MALA.2
|
Mara/mara
|
Wood cuttings, chips, or sawdust as a residue of carving; ashes of a pipe, cigarette, fire etc.
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MALA.2
|
Mala/mala
|
Wood chip
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
OC.MARA
|
Mara
|
Sea-food fermented in fresh water
|
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Mangareva
|
PN.MORI.A
|
Moorii
|
Enfant naturel
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Mota
|
OC.MARA
|
Mala/s
|
To go sour; food not eaten the day it is cooked
|
|
Rennellese
|
OC.MARA
|
Maga/i
|
Set aside food before eating (believed to improve the taste
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.MAQALA
|
Maaraa
|
Major cultivation area for food crops
|
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Rennellese
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Magaʔe
|
Distribution of uncooked food with important rituals and dances
|
|
Tahitian
|
OC.MALAQE
|
Marae
|
The sacred place formerly used for worship...; cleared of wood, weed, rubbish, as a garden, or the place of worship
|
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Ifira-Mele
|
PN.MA-LAGA.1
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Maraga/raga
|
Rise (of sun, moon, wave)
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MA-LAGA.1
|
Malanga
|
Rise up, take off (birds); be uprooted
|
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Takuu
|
PN.MA-LAGA.1
|
Marana
|
(of the tide) Rise, come up; surface, rise to the surface; be uprooted
|
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MA-LAGA.2
|
Malanga
|
Communal meal eaten after arriving on food reserve
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
EO.MALALA
|
Malala
|
Ember, charcoal, wood chips
|
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Pukapuka
|
EO.MALALA
|
Malamala
|
Charcoal, wood-chips
Problematic
|
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Tokelau
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Maalama
|
The night of the full moon
|
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Rarotongan
|
NP.MALALI
|
Marari
|
Fairly small reddish-brown lagoon fish
|
|
Rotuman
|
NP.MALALI
|
Marari
|
Smooth-bodied fish with very thin soft scales, brown-grey with whitish spots Wrasse spp. A fish, marori = mararai (Cwd).
Borrowed
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
SO.MAA-LALI
|
Maalali
|
Smooth
|
|
Pukapuka
|
SO.MAA-LALI
|
Maalali/lali
|
Glistening and smooth (of skin)
|
|
Samoan
|
SO.MAA-LALI
|
Malali
|
Smooth, slippery
|
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West Futuna
|
SO.MAA-LALI
|
Marari
|
Smooth, hairless. Lisse; imberbe (Rve).
|
|
Rapa
|
OC.MA-RAMA.A
|
Ka/marama
|
To shine, as the moon
|
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Hawaiian
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Malama
|
Month, moon
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Malama
|
Moon, month
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Marama
|
Moon, month
|
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Moriori
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Marama
|
Moon
|
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Marquesas
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Meʔama. Meama (MQN) (Lch). Me(ʔ)ama (MQN) (Atl).
|
Moon, month. Lune, mois (Lch).
|
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Mangareva
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Marama
|
Moon, month. Lune; opercule du limaçon de mer.
|
|
Nuguria
|
EO.MA-LAMA
|
Marama
|
Moon
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