| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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PN.MA-WETE
|
Mavete
|
Untie, loosen ; untied
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Rarotongan
|
FJ.ME.2
|
Me
|
Verbal particle denoting subjective and operative moods
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.ME.3
|
Me
|
With (denoting concomitance or cooccurrence in time; often to be rendered by 'and')
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Luangiua
|
TA.PAA-FATA
|
Poohaka
|
Beam over door
Problematic
|
|
Niue
|
PN.OLO.2
|
K/ol/olo
|
To coo
Phonologically Irregular
|
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Niue
|
CP.FUQAGA
|
Fuaga
|
Grinding stone, tool sharpener; flint
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
PN.MENE
|
Mene
|
Satiated with food
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Rarotongan
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PN.MENE
|
Koo/mene/
|
Contract, draw back, shrink
|
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Moriori
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TA.MESO
|
Meho-nui
|
An extinct bird, larger than a goose and flightless
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Rarotongan
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PN.MIGI
|
Mingi
|
Bent, curved, crooked
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Mangareva
|
PN.MIGO
|
Migo/migo
|
A fold, a wrinkle; to be wrinkled; stunted; not joined close, not smooth, equal, said of tissues and cloth
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Samoan
|
NP.MIGOI.
|
Migo/migoi
|
Wriggle about, of the %afato|, a wood-eating grub
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New Zealand Maori
|
TA.MIRA
|
Mira tuatini
|
A cutting instrument formed by setting a row of shark teeth in a wooden holder
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MILI
|
Miri
|
Rub, stroke, wipe; smear; twist strands of dressed flax by rubbing them on the thigh; soothe...
|
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Tuamotu
|
PN.MILI
|
Miri
|
Rub, stroke with fingers, smooth out; smear, anoint with oil
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Easter Island
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Miro
|
Board, rod, stake, stick; tree; timber, wood; club, staff. Ship (archaic) (Wbr).
|
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
EO.MILO.1
|
Milo
|
Big tree with small fruits that are not edible, its wood is very useful for making paddles, handle of axes, etc., its leaves are used as custom medicine. Tree sp., wood used for making parts of outriggers (Lch).
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Kapingamarangi
|
NP.MILO.2B
|
Mira
|
Make a whirlpool
|
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Mangaia
|
CE.MIRU
|
Miru
|
A goddess in 'Avaiki who cooks all the deceased people in her oven...
|
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Luangiua
|
EC.MIO.1B
|
Mio
|
Whirlpool
|
|
Sikaiana
|
EC.MIO.1B
|
Mio/mio
|
Whirlpool
|
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Samoan
|
OC.MITI.2
|
Miti
|
Cuckoo Shrike or trillers (Lalage spp.)
|
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Penrhyn
|
PN.MOQO
|
Moo
|
For
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MOQO
|
Moo
|
Possessive marks possession not yet realised
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MOQO
|
Moo
|
For
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
NP.MOA.3
|
Moo/moo
|
The jagged piece of the canoe added at the bow and stern
|
|
Rotuman
|
NP.MOA.3
|
Moa
|
Upright toothlike projections at or near the ends of certain types of canoe
Problematic
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.MOA.4A
|
Moa
|
Banana fruit on stem in formative stage; wooden spinning top
|
|
Tikopia
|
NP.MOA.4B
|
Moa
|
Wooden spinning top
|
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Kapingamarangi
|
SO.MOA.5
|
Moo
|
Ancient ceremony involving sexual play within the group
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
SO.MOA.5
|
Dagi/moo
|
Labia majora
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CK.MOARI
|
Mooari
|
Swing
|
|
Nukuoro
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa
|
Fish sp
|
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Tahitian
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa tara
|
Poisson vache (Lactoria cornuta)
|
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Takuu
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa
|
Boxfish spp.
|
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Tokelau
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa
|
Boxfish (Ostracion sp.)
|
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Tongan
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moo/moa/
|
Cowfish
|
|
Tuamotu
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Mo/mooa/
|
Fish sp
|
|
Tuamotu
|
OC.MOA-MOA
|
Moomoa
|
Poisson coffre ponctué
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MOANA
|
Moana
|
Deep sea (especially outside the lagoon
|
|
Tongan
|
MP.MOHE
|
Mohe
|
Sleep; roost (of fowls)
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MOHE-GA
|
Moega loo
|
Lieu rempli de fourmis
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.MOHE-GA
|
Moenga
|
Mat, esp. a sleeping mat made from smooth-edged pandanus leaves
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MOHE-TORO
|
Mohetoo
|
Habitually visiting a woman at night for immoral purposes
|
|
Rarotongan
|
CK.MOI.1
|
Mooi
|
Call to pigs
|
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Tahitian
|
MP.PUNA
|
Pape hoo/puna
|
Source, trou d'eau, mare, flaque
|
|
Tahitian
|
MP.PUNA
|
Puna
|
Prolific, as a female; some particular haunt of fish, where the fishermen go to look for them
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moo (ʔi)
|
Morceau, pièce, lambeau (de)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moo
|
Small bit of. Ni moo mea, a little bit of it
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.MO-QI
|
Moi/moi
|
Particle, as of food, earth etc.
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