| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.QATU.1
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Atu/haakona
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A fish
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Kapingamarangi
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CP.FAQELU
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Haalu di tono
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To wipe oneself after defecating
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Tikopia
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PN.QATU.4
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Aatu
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Throw stick, knife or other long object (not stone etc.)
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Nukuoro
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PN.QAU.2
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Aau
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Remove
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Marquesas
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PN.QAUA.2
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Aua. ʔAaua (Atl).
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Négation prohibitive. Une défense mitigée: non, nullement, ne...pas, il ne faut pas (Lch).
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Rarotongan
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PN.QAUA.2
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ʔAua, ʔauaa, ʔauraka
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Don't!
Problematic
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Tahitian
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PN.QAUA.2
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Au(r)aa
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Not, do not, imperatively
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Hawaiian
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PN.QAU-HULU
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Aau(h)ulu
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Injure, harm, rage; rough, raging (as sea or wind)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.AUTA
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Aauta
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Toss, as in restless sleep
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Moriori
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CE.AUTA
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Autaa
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Moan
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Tahitian
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CE.AUTA
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Autaa
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Gémir
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Pukapuka
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SO.AVA
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Awaa-
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Prefix to noun for pairs of objects (coconuts, taro, birds)
Phonologically Irregular
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Rennellese
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SO.AVA
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Aba, abaa
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Collection, collect together, gather together
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Tokelau
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SO.AVA
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Avaa-
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Prefix to noun meaning two together.
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Anuta
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavanga
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To marry; married; wedding
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East Futuna
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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ʔAavaga
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Spouse, marry
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East Futuna
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavaga
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Epoux, mariage, se marier
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East Uvea
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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ʔAavaga
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Mariage, epouse, union
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Tokelau
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SO.AAVA
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Aava
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Respect, politeness, honour
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Samoan
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SO.AAVA
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Aavaa
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Wife
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Samoan
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SO.AAVA
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Aava
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Respect, honour (n,v)
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Rennellese
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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ʔAabanga
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Marry, elope, spouse
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Samoan
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavaga
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Elope
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Samoan
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavavaga
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Plural of avaga
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Sikaiana
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavana
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Spouse; marry
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Takuu
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavana
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Marry
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Tikopia
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavaga
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Marry
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Tokelau
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NP.QAAWAGA.A
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Aavaga
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Spouse; be married
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Pukapuka
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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Waka/aavanga
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The lover's act of copulating with his deceased beloved's body while it is laid out for the funeral wake
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East Futuna
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAavaga
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Illness, often associated with a dream of a sexual nature and believed to have a spiritual rather than a physical cause. Symptoms may include irrational behaviour. Treatment includes massage with bad-smelling herbs inimical to spirits
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East Uvea
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAavanga
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Hystérie, convulsion hystériforme
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Niue
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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Aavaga
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Wet dream, sexy, succubus (refers to traditional belief of sleeping males having sex with female spirit, as in dreams)
Borrowed
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Rennellese
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAabanga
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Rotten, as the interior of a papaya
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAavanga
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Sickness caused (or believed to be caused) by a fa`ahikehe or tevolo. Be fascinated or infatuated by, or strongly attracted to a girl (or a boy) as if enchanted or bewitched
Borrowed
Problematic
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Tongan
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAavangaa
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To develop a terrible craze for, as if bewitched; to be infatuated
Borrowed
Problematic
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Tongan
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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ʔAavangaʔia
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To be sick with an `aavanga
Borrowed
Problematic
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East Futuna
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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Crevasse des récifs
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Hawaiian
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Awaawa
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Valley, gulch, ravine
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Awaawa
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Valley, trough of wave
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Pukapuka
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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Small opening in reef
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Rarotongan
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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Small narrow channel(s) through the reef
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Samoan
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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A small opening in the reef
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Sikaiana
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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Small channels used by fish
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Nukumanu
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EC.AVEA
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Aavea
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Takuu
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EC.AVEA
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Aavea, aavee
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Wait a minute, hang on
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East Futuna
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XW.QAAVE-A
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ʔAavea
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Delirious, raving; possessed by a spirit
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Tongan
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XW.QAAVE-A
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ʔAavea
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Carried away, as by a spook; distracted
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.EQA.A
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Eaa
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Come up, emerge, go up
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Tahitian
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NP.ENE.2
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Ene/ene
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Strong, urgent, pressing. Hinaaro eneene, a pressing or urgent desire.
Problematic
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Tahitian
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NP.ENE.2
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Hinaaro ene/ene
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A pressing or urgent desire
Problematic
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