Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
East Uvea
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Signe de pluriel, a le sens de reunion, societe
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.KAU.2B
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Gau
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Grouping of people, category of people
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Niue
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PN.KAU.2B
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Kau
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Troop, company, gang; to team up, act in an organized way
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu
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Team , troop of warriors
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Tikopia
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/raro
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Wallplate
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West Futuna
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AN.KAU.3
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Kau/kau
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Riders; roof supports running perpendicular to rafters
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAU.4
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ʔAu
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Handle, staff, stem, stalk, shaft; bone of lower arm or leg
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
|
Stalk, stem
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU.4
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Na/kau
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Leaf-stem
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Rotuman
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
|
Stalk, stem
Borrowed
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Takuu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau-
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Stalk, stem, solid handle of an object, branch of a tree, underground runner of certain plants (e.g. yam, banana). Sticks of fish net (kupena) (Hwd).
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem supporting a bunch of fruit, e.g. bananas; handle of implement
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem, handle of oar, bat etc.
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Tuamotu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Stalk, stem, midrib of a leaf; a handle (in compound words)
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West Futuna
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Handle, stem, protuberance
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Side of lake or river or any such body of water (fresh or salt)
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.5
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Kau/isu
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Ar̂te du nez
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU.6
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Kau
|
Portmanteau pronoun, first person singular, I
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.7
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ʔAu
|
Join up as (form) a team; side with, be allied to
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU.7
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Kau
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(Ki) be present at; participate in; attend
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Tongan
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PN.KAU.7
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Kau
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(Mo) to side with; ('i) to be a part or member of, to be one of, to take part in; (ki) to belong to, to pertain or relate to,...to be favourable or conducive to
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West Uvea
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PN.KAU.7
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Kau
|
Be a team member,support
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New Zealand Maori
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CK.KAUERE
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Kauere
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The eastern dialects' name for the puuriri, a large forest tree
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KAUFAU
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Kauwhau
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Recite legends, genealogies
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-HALA
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Kauala
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Bas-coté de la route
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAU-HAGA
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Kausanga
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Lower abdomen, bottom, private parts (of men or women)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU-HAGA
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Kauanga
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Private parts, sexual organs [Nupani Dialect]
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU-HAGA
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Kauanga
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Inner side of the thighs (indelicate term)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KAU-I
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Kaui
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To lace, put cord through interstices
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-I
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ʔAui
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Fasten round as a bandage
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-I
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Kaui
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Fasten sail to yard
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Niue
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau
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To bathe (Avatele dialect)
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Penrhyn
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau
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Bathe in fresh water, take a shower; swim
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Sikaiana
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau
|
Wash with water
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Mangareva
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CE.KAU-RIMA
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Kourima
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Fire-plough. Morceau de bois avec lequel on frotte sur le *kaunati* pour faire du feu
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Tahitian
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CE.KAU-RIMA
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ʔAurima
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Morceau de bois avec lequel on frotte un autre morceau appelé 'au'ati pour obtenir du feu
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Tahitian
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CE.KAU-RIMA
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Aurima
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Bois qui frotte un autre bois pour avoir du feu
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Marquesas
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NP.KAULU
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Kouʔu
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Cime, sommet, extremite, pointe, bout
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Easter Island
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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Mahute
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(Broussonetia papyrifera)
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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Kaumafute
|
Paper mulberry stick stripped of its bark
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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ʔAumafute
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Paper mulberry stick stripped of its bark
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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Kaumafuta
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Tripod of poles as a filter stand for turmeric extraction
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-MAFUTE
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Mokofute
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Paper mulberry stick stripped of its bark
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukuoro
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PN.KAU-NA
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Gauna
|
Invite
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Tikopia
|
PN.KAU-NA
|
Kau
|
Command (tell); request; invite
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Tuamotu
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PN.KAU-NA
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Kaauna
|
To desire ardently...to yearn, feel an intense longing for
Problematic
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East Uvea
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PN.KAUNA-GA
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Kaunaga, kaugana
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Serviteur, servante
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Samoan
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PN.KAUNA-GA
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ʔAuga
|
Look up to, attend on, depend on
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Samoan
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PN.KAUNA-GA
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ʔAumaaga
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Attendants, untitled men
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KAU-NATI.*
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Kaunati, kaunoti
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Pointed piece of wood which was rubed upon another to produce fire
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