| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Kapingamarangi
|
SO.MOQI-KAKA
|
Moikaka
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Single smooth thread of coconut husk
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Marquesas
|
CP.MOKO.2
|
Moko, moo
|
Quêter du poisson; quêter, mendier
|
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Tongan
|
PN.MOKO.3
|
Moko/moko
|
Cool
|
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New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MOKO.4
|
Moko
|
Facial or body tattoo (perhaps from resemblance of curvilinear patterns to unfolding fronds)
Problematic
|
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Tahitian
|
CE.MOKO.4
|
Moo
|
Taro shoots, or strips for planting
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
??.MOKO-FULUFULU
|
Moko-huruhuru
|
"Hairy grub", the form assumed by Maaui when he attempted to enter the body of Hine-nui-i-te-poo
|
|
Tahitian
|
TT.MOKO-PIRO
|
Moopiro
|
A disease that affects the posteriors
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.MOKOTUA
|
Mootua/io
|
The spinal marrow
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
/Moore/a
|
Remnant
Problematic
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.MOLE.1
|
Moore
|
Exterminated, depopulated, to be
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo(le)/mole
|
Smooth, without hair
|
|
East Uvea
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Smooth, without hair
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole(mole)
|
Smooth
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth, flat
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Well-cleared, tidy, smooth
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole
|
Smooth
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More/more
|
Smooth, undecorated, bald
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mo(le)/mole/
|
Smooth
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More(more)
|
Smooth
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Moge/moge
|
Smooth, slippery
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Smooth
|
|
Sikaiana
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
M/mole
|
Smooth
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
M/more
|
Smooth, even; hairless or with a short and even hairstyle
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
Mole/mole
|
Smooth
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More(More)
|
Smooth
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.MOLE.2
|
More
|
Slide, ooze, crawl
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.MORE
|
Mole
|
Taproot
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MORE
|
More
|
Taproot
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.MORE
|
More
|
Taproot
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.MOREFU.1
|
Moolehu(lehu)
|
Twilight, dusk = maalehulehu
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.MOREFU.1
|
Moorehu
|
Dark-grey, dusky = maa(re)rehu
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MOREFU.2
|
Moorehu
|
Survivor of a disaster such as a defeat in battle
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
FJ.MOLI.2
|
Mo/mori/
|
Bare, smooth
|
|
Luangiua
|
FJ.MOLI.2
|
Moli
|
Useless, no good
|
|
Easter Island
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moorii
|
Light, lamp; grease, suet
|
|
Mangareva
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Mori. Moorii (Rch).
|
Candle, taper, wax. Lampe, bougie; essence, pétrole (Rch).
|
|
Niue
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moolii
|
Lamp
Problematic
|
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moolii
|
Lantern
|
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moorii
|
Lamp, oil
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moolii
|
Lamp, coconut-oil
|
|
Tahitian
|
NP.MOOLII
|
Moorii
|
Lampe, essence (carburant)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.MORI.A
|
Mooli/a
|
Offer to gods
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.MORI.A
|
Moori/a
|
To offer, present
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MORI.A
|
Mooi/fua
|
Give completely
|
|
Easter Island
|
CE.MOORII
|
Moorore
|
Illegitimate, bastard, adulterated
Problematic
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
CE.MOORII
|
Moorii
|
Low, mean, person of no account
|
|
Marquesas
|
CE.MOORII
|
Moʔii. Moʔi (Dln) (Atl). Mooʔii (Mtu).
|
Daughter. Fille (Dln). Jeune fille, girl [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
|
|
Mangareva
|
CE.MOORII
|
Moorii
|
A bastard; illegitimate. Enfant naturel.
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.MOORII
|
Moorire
|
Woman, wife
Problematic
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