| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Mangaia
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NP.EQA.B
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Ea/a maki
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To recover from illness
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Tahitian
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NP.FENUQU.B
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Fenuû
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To twist cords for net making
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FENUQU.B
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Hinu
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To twist fibres into cord for net-making
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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PN.LOOMAKI.*
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Loomaki
|
Le Déluge
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Sikaiana
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PN.LOOMAKI.*
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Lomaki
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To push into the ground, as in planting
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Anuta
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PN.LOOMAKI.*
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Romaki
|
To plant a seedling by first digging a hole for it and placing the plant into the hole...
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Anuta
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MP.KIE.A
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Kie
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Type of pandanus whose leaf is used in making mats
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Anuta
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MP.PULA.1
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Pura/rua
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For fire to light at both ends of fire plow track (in making fire by friction)
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Anuta
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NP.TAKALO
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Pai taakaro
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To fool around; to play at making string figures
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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NP.KOLO-MAKI
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Haka/koromaki
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Sit without a stir
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Niue
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EO.QALU.B
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Alu/maki
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Hasten, be in a hurry
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Penrhyn
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AN.KATI
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Kaatinga
|
Firm flesh of mature coconut, for making copra
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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MP.IKE
|
Héke
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A mallet for cloth-making
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Samoan
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MP.SUKI.A
|
Suʔi
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To thread on a string, as beads; to twist sugar-cane leaf on to a reed, as in making thatch; to do needlework
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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MQ.PESE.2
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Páihhe
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An amusement performed with the fingers and fine thread, analogous but incomparably superior, to the childish amusement called making cradles Uncertain
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Tongan
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FJ.SAGA.1A
|
Hanga
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Mat-weaving or tapa-making
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Tongan
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PN.QOPO
|
ʔOpo/tanga
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Several layers of beaten paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*) laid together for further beating (in the process of making tapa cloth).
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Tongan
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MP.QOLOGAA
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ʔOlongaa
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A kind of tree with greyish leaves. (Its bark was formerly used for making string.)
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Tuvalu
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PN.AMO.1B
|
Amo
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Coconut fibre twisted ready for string-making
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Tuvalu
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EC.KALISI.2
|
Kalihi
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Use Hibiscus bark as a spacer in net-making so as to make the net invisible to fish
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Tuvalu
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NP.KOLO-MAKI
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Kolomaki
|
Patient
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Tuvalu
|
PN.LOLO.1A
|
Lolo
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Coconut cream for making oil
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Tuvalu
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PN.MA-KILA
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Makila
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Appear, come in sight, shine, glisten
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Tuvalu
|
EC.NINO.*
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Nino
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Fine strand used in rope-making
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Tuvalu
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PN.PAE-GA.A
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Paega
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Strips of coconut husk to be buried in preparation for sennit-making pile of stones used to make lau - kafa (local rope)
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAMAKI.1
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Taamaki
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Plan revenge
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Tuvalu
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XW.NUTI
|
Nuti/nuti
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Prepare a banana leaf for wreath-making by rubbing between hands until soft; rub and squeeze clothes under water
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