| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niue
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PN.MATIWA
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Mativa
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Poor, broke
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Samoan
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PN.MATIWA
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Mativa
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Poor
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Tongan
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PN.MATIWA
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Masiva
|
Poor
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Hawaiian
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PN.MATO
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Maakoo
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Rough, rocky, large
Problematic
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Easter Island
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CE.MA-TOFI.B
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Motohi
|
18th night of the moon
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.MA-TOFI.B
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(Raakau) matohi
|
19th night of the moon
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Marquesas
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CE.MA-TOFI.B
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Motohi
|
19th night of the moon
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Mangareva
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CE.MA-TOFI.B
|
Motoʔi
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La 20ième nuit de la lune. 20th night of the moon (Buck).
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Tokelau
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OC.MAATOLU
|
Maatolu
|
Numerous (of fish in a school, birds in a flock)
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Fijian
|
OC.MATUQU.A
|
Madu
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Dry (of wood and mature coconuts)
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Rotuman
|
OC.MATUQU.A
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Mafu
|
Mature and hard (of wood), lumpy (of pudding)
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New Zealand Maori
|
CK.MATUU
|
Matuu
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Fat, richness of food; gist, kernel
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Hawaiian
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PN.FETUQU-AFIAFI
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Hookuu ahiahi
|
Evening star (possibly a generic term)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Giodo mmaadua
|
Outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
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Nukuoro
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Giado madua
|
Main outrigger booms
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Tongan
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PN.MATUQA.B
|
Motuʔa-tohi
|
Original book or document (as opp. to copies or translations)
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Marquesas
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CE.KOO-MAKO
|
ʔOomaʔo. ʔOmaʔo (Atl).
|
(Fatu Hiva) Fatu Hiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi). Pluvier fauve; Lesser Golden Plover (Atl).
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MATUKU.A
|
Matuku
|
Blue Heron (Demigretta matook), Brown Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
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Marquesas
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PN.MAQU.1
|
Mau
|
Ferme, solide, attaché; encore, encore un peu; pris, saisi. Affermir, consolider, amarrer, agrafer, fixer, maintenir, tenir; fermement, encore un peu plus, encore davantage (Lch). Attraper par l'hameçon; to hook [a fish] (Atl).
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|
Rennellese
|
PN.MAQU.1
|
Maʔu
|
Solid, firm, make fast; also, too
|
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Takuu
|
PN.MAQU.1
|
Mau
|
Firmly caught on a hook; constipated, sluggish; stuck on, firmly attached; (of a name, idea etc.) stick, not be readily forgotten; support oneself in falling
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Tokelau
|
PN.MAQU-.2
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Mao-
|
Prefix used with locational nouns (loto, mua, muli and tua) to indicate "too far" in a specific direction
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Anuta
|
CO.MAUA-KENA.*
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Mauakena
|
White-bodied, red-footed booby (Fbg)
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Rennellese
|
CO.MAUA-KENA.*
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Mauakena
|
Red-footed Booby (Ebt)
|
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Takuu
|
CO.MAUA-KENA.*
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Mauakena, mouokena
|
Red Footed Booby (Sula sula)
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Tuamotu
|
CO.MAUA-KENA.*
|
Maua/tea
|
Brown Booby
Problematic
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MAQUGA
|
Moouŋa
|
Mountain
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West Futuna
|
OC.MAHU.A
|
Mau
|
Plentiful (of food)
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.MAURE
|
Maure
|
The moon on the twelfth day
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Easter Island
|
EP.MAURI
|
Mauri kero, mauri nui
|
Eleventh day after full moon, tenth day after full moon
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Hawaiian
|
EP.MAURI
|
Mauli
|
Night of the moon, twenty-ninth night
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New Zealand Maori
|
EP.MAURI
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Mauri
|
Night of the moon, twenty-ninth night
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Tuamotu
|
EP.MAURI
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Maauri
|
Darkish, gloomy
Problematic
|
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Rennellese
|
AN.MAQURI
|
Maʔugi
|
Life, alive, in good health
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Easter Island
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Maaunu
|
Bait. Bait (specifically a piece of fish, meat, bread, etc. when it is tied onto a hook to be used as bait) (Wbr).
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Moounu
|
Bait
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Moounu
|
Bait
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Moounu
|
Bait. Amorce, appât pour prendre le poisson et les oiseaux; amorcer
|
|
Rapa
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Maunu
|
Hook bait
|
|
Rapa
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Mounu
|
Bait for hook. Fish bait (Grn).
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.MAUNU
|
Maaunu
|
Generic term for bait; sea worm used as bait; food given to pet bird
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MAA-UNU
|
Maunu
|
Come out, be loosened; taken off (of clothes)
|
|
Niue
|
??.MAUTINI
|
Mootini
|
Pumpkin
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAQUTOFU
|
Motofu. Mootofu (Sph).
|
A weed (Sida rhombifolia); a plant (Stachytarpheta indica). (Sida acuta) (Sph).
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East Futuna
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PN.MA-WETE
|
Mavete
|
Be separated (as a leaf from its stalk), loosened, untied (as hair) ; se disperser, être dispersé, s'effondrer
|
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MA-WETE
|
Maaweke
|
Open, loose, separate, undone
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MA-WETE
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Mehede
|
Get free, get loose
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MA-WETE
|
Mawete
|
Untied, loosened
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Rennellese
|
PN.MA-WETE
|
Mabete
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Opened, untied, loosened
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Tahitian
|
PN.MA-WETE
|
Mavete
|
Open (as a door), unfolded (as a garment)
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