| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Mangareva
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tutu
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Battre les fibres de l'écorce de Broussonetia papyrifera pour faire du tapa. To beat into bark-cloth; the instrument for beating (Tgr).
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Niue
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tutu
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To beat with a stick, to beat hiapo bark for cloth
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.UU
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Uu-ngia
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Strike home of weapons or blows; reach (the land), arrive (by water)
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Rarotongan
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PN.UU
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Uu
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Collide, bump into, strike against; encounter, meet with, come upon, strike (luck); catch (an illness), be affected by; fit, suit; be appropriate for
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.UQU
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Uu-ria
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Bite, gnaw
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Rennellese
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PN.UQU
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Uʔu-tia
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Bite, as dog or mosquitoes; sting, as bee or ant; to be caught as between rocks
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Takuu
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PN.UQU
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Uu (pass. uu/tia)
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Bite; (of medicine applied to skin, spicy hot food, etc.) sting, burn
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Rennellese
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PN.QUU.A
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ʔUu
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Tied bunch or bundle (especially of weapons); clump (e.g. of sugarcane)
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Tongan
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MP.QUUQUU
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ʔUuʔuu
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Giant land-crab
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Marquesas
|
PN.QUFI.2
|
Uhi
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Mother of pearl oyster. Huitre perlière; pearl oyster. Bénitier; giant clam [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Penrhyn
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PN.QUFI.2
|
Uhi
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Special kind of pearl shell
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Tahitian
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PN.QUFU
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Uhu
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Parrot-fish. Large blue or green parrotfish. Poisson perroquet, famille des Scaridae (Scarus spp.), ce terme recouvre plusieurs espèces dont certaines sont précisées en tahitien par une dénomination binomiale (Lmt).
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Easter Island
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AN.QUHA
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ʔUa
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Llover, lluvia
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Tongan
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OC.QAO.1
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ʔAo/ʔao/fia
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Cloudy, more or less covered with clouds
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East Futuna
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OC.UKA.A
|
Uka
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Fine cord, fishing line, bowstring ; Broussonetia (used for cord)
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Rotuman
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OC.UKA.A
|
Uka
|
Thick strong string, cord; especially fishing line
Problematic
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Marquesas
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PN.UKA.C
|
Uka/uka
|
Coriace
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Tuamotu
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PN.UKA.C
|
Uka/uka
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Rubbery, pliant, supple
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Marquesas
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PN.A-IA
|
H/áia
|
Behold!
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Marquesas
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PN.A-IA
|
Aia á
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Si! soit! c'est juste, c'est vrai
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Takuu
|
PN.A-IA
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Aiaa
|
Take it! Here!
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Marquesas
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NP.LAGA.1B
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Anga, no’Tha’wiae
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To float on a river
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.QURA
|
Ura/ura
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(Grimothea gregaria), minute crustacean
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.QULA-QULA
|
Uraura
|
Whale-feed (grimothea gregaria)
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Samoan
|
RO.ULE
|
Ule
|
Penis. Penis (colloquial) (McP).
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Niue
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PN.QULUA
|
Ulua
|
Trevally spp. (Caranx ignobilis, C.sexfasciatus)
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Kapingamarangi
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CP.QULU-QULU
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Mataa/uruuru/
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Stretch of reef where waves come in and immediately beyond
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.QULU-QULU
|
Ululu
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Outer edge of reef where waves break. Deeper reef shelf immediately beyond where the waves break (Lch).
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.URU-PAA.
|
Urupaa
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Burial ground
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Mangareva
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CE.URUTUU
|
Urutu
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Etre rassasié. Satiated (Tgr).
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Penrhyn
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PN.QULU-TUKI
|
Urutuki
|
Giant grouper (Epinephelus/ Promicrops lancealatus)
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Tikopia
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AN.QUMAGA
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Umanga
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Arch. term for burial place of stranded cetaceans
Problematic
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Emae
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SO.QUMO
|
Mo/tia
|
Pinch
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Sikaiana
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MP.QUMU.1A
|
Umu
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Earth oven; mound of earth, especially for planting root crops
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Niue
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AN.QUNAFI
|
Inafi
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To scale a fish (Motu dial)
Phonologically Irregular
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Emae
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu/sia
|
Take out, take off, as clothes
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu-hia
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Pull out; withdraw; take off (e.g. pants)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu/ia
|
To loose, untie
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.UNU.1
|
Un/ia
|
Remove (vt)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu/kia
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Stick into the ground
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu-wia
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Pulled out
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West Uvea
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AN.UNU.1
|
Unu-sia
|
Se déshabiller, dépouiller
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Fijian
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PN.UNU.3
|
Unu
|
Drink (Dialect)
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.UNU.3
|
Unu-mia
|
Drink (eastern dialects)
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Pukapuka
|
??.UPAUPA
|
Upaupa
|
A dance (Beaglehole 1953:18); Tahitian in origin
Problematic
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Anuta
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CP.USI.1
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Uti
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A kind of manongi plant (Evodia)
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East Futuna
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CP.USI.1
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Usi
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A shrub used medicinally (Evodia hortensis)
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East Uvea
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CP.USI.1
|
Uhi
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Arbrisseau à odeur forte (Evodia hortensis). Médecine contre les maux de dent
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Fijian
|
CP.USI.1
|
Uci
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An odoriferous herb, used as perfume and disinfectant (Evodia hortensis)
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Niue
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CP.USI.1
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Uhi
|
Shrub sp. (Evodia hortensis)
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