| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sa'a
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/wanga
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The firmament, open space of heaven (S) (Ivens 1918)
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Samoan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/tele
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Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.)
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Tongan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/lahi
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Broad, wide of a board, mat, road etc.
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Tongan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/siʔi
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Narrow (of a board, mat, road etc.
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Tongan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/iiki
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(dual or plural) Narrow (of a board, mat, road etc.)
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Fijian
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PN.RAU.1
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Yara/rau/
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Net made of coconut leaves
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Nukuoro
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PN.RAU.1
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Ga/lau/na
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A big net for fishing, requiring several persons to manipulate
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Tongan
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PN.RAU.1
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Au
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Fishing net made of long vine and coconut leaves
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Sikaiana
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PN.RAU.2
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Lau
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Cardinal number - one hundred for mats, pudding, fish, and fathoms
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Tikopia
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PN.RAU.2
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Nge/au
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Hundred, in multiples (Gaimard)
Problematic
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East Uvea
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FJ.RAU.3
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Lau/afe
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Dernier rang de feuilles pliées les unes sur les autres sur le faîtes d'une maison
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Tongan
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FJ.RAU.3
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Au
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Sugarcane (leaves) used for thatching; piece of thatch made of sugarcane leaves fixed to a reed
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New Zealand Maori
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EO.LAQU.1
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Kaa/rau, maa/rau, taa/rau
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Dredge (for shellfish), grapnel
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Rarotongan
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EO.LAQU.1
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Rau
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Leaf-sweep, an implement made from coconut leaves and creepers used to drive fish
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Tongan
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EO.LAQU.1
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Laʔu
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Pinch, pull up, of small weeds
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Tikopia
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PN.RAQU
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Rau
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Share in formal distribution of food; yield of tree
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Rarotongan
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NP.LAU-FALA
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Rauʔara
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A plant, a variety of pandanus, but with thinner and softer leaves than 'ara, used for floormats and baskets
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Tuamotu
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NP.LAU-FALA
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Raufara
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The young leaves of the pandanus when used for matting or hat-making (TAK, ANA, NAP) a mature pandanus tree; of some eight or more feet in height (NAP)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.LAU-QITI
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Rauiti
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Small, fine, thin
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Hawaiian
|
CE.RAUKA
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Laua
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Not much remaining to do, progressing, nearly finished
Problematic
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Marquesas
|
CE.RAUKA
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Auka
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Coriace; marque du superlatif
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Penrhyn
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PN.LAULAU
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Raurau
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Rough basket made of coconut frond for carrying and/or containing foods
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Rarotongan
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PN.LAULAU
|
Raurau
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Small basket or platter plaited from coconut leaves used mostly to hold food, or as food trays
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Tokelau
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PN.LAULAU
|
Laulau
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A table; a food mat
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Mangareva
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SO.LAULAUFAU
|
Raurau
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Poisson: le petit du matarau. Name of the fish matarau when small (Tgr).
Problematic
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Tikopia
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SO.LAULAUFAU
|
Rauraufaauu
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Small reef and sea fish (? Zanclus sp. of Angelfish)
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East Futuna
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PN.LAU-RIKI
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Lauliki
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Grouiller (gens, animaux)
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Fijian
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Mati
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Ebb (of tide)
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Laumaki
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Recede, wilt, ebb (as the tide or floodwaters); wilt (as plants without water)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Raumati
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Summer
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Moriori
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CE.RAU-MATI
|
Raumati
|
Summer
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Marquesas
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CE.RAU-MATI
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ʔOumati. Oumati (Lch). ʔO(u)mati (Atl).
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Sun. Soleil (Lch).
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Rarotongan
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Raumati
|
Fine dry weather, period of drought
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Tahitian
|
CE.RAU-MATI
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Raumati
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To cease from rain, hold fair, applied to the weather
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West Uvea
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Laumati
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Lantern fish (Priacanthus hamrur)
Problematic
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East Futuna
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PN.LAU-PATA
|
Laupata
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A tree (Macaranga harveyana)
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East Uvea
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PN.LAU-PATA
|
Laupata
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Nom d'un bananier dont les feuilles servent à préparer le 'umu (Mallotus roxburgensis). (Macaranga harveyana) (Whr)
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Rennellese
|
PN.LAU-PATA
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Gaupata
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A tree, (Macaranga tanarius)
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Samoan
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PN.LAU-PATA
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(Lau) (pa)pata
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Tree sp. (Macaranga harveyana)
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Takuu
|
PN.LAU-PATA
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Laupata, loupata, raupata
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Tree sp. (Macaranga ? dioica)
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Tahitian
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TA.RAUPO
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Moʔuu /raupo/
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A flexible grass that makes fine mats and other braids
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Nguna
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Laapa
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Many
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Tikopia
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Rava, lava
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Many, plentiful
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West Uvea
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Lava
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Déterminatif verbal postposé, marquant l'affirmation, l'insistence; déterminatif nominal postposé, marquant l'identité
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Niue
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PN.LAWA.3
|
Lava/kimata
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Bark-cloth hat
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Tikopia
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PN.LAWA.3
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Rava
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Skirt of woman; kilt of man; a "wrap around" garment
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Tongan
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PN.LAWE-A
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Lavea
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Wounded, injured, damaged
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Rennellese
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PN.LAWEGA
|
Gabenga
|
A small, rare fish
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Kapingamarangi
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EP.NO
|
Ni(o(o))-
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Possessive marker
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West Futuna
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EP.NO
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Ni(o)-
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Possessive (predicate) marker
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