| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.IKA.A
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Ika
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Fish
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CE.NII-KAU
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Nikau
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Coconut leaf
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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EP.TIKA.B
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(Ti)tika
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Right (correct); straight, even; yes; agreement, decision
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Niuafo'ou
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AN.IKA.A
|
Ika
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Fish
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Easter Island
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EP.MAIKA
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Meika
|
Banana
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Emae
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PN.KAPA.1
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Kapa ika, kapa/kapa
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To drive fish
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Tikopia
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Tara a tua o te ika
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Spine of dorsal fin of fish
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Takuu
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XO.FII-KAI.*
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Hiikai
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Hungry, want to eat; hunger
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Takuu
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PN.RAU.2
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Lau/ika
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One hundred fish
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Takuu
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FJ.LIKA
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L/lika
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Slightly afraid, scared, wary of supernatural forces
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Sikaiana
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OC.PUTU.1
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Puutu/na
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Part of teika lle ceremony...
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Takuu
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FJ.LIKA
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Rika
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(of a pet animal or bird, etc.) Partially wild, not fully domesticated; (of a person) habitually disappear during the day and return home only at night
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Sikaiana
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PN.LUE.1
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Lue/lue
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To shake leaves at the fish which has been brought ashore during the teika lle
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAU.8
|
Tau
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A type of song that was performed in the clan houses {hale henua} during the kunaaika and perhaps other ceremonies
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Takuu
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OC.TIKA.A
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Tika
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(obs.) Javelin used for sporting purposes
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Sikaiana
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OC.TIKA.A
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Tika/tika
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A dart game with darts {tika} made from coconut leaf. The object of the game is to compete to see who can throw his dart the furthest with an underhand throw
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Tikopia
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XO.IKA-TAPU
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Ikatapu
|
Jack (Caranx sp., prob. C.melampygus)...
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Ifira-Mele
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XO.IKA-TAPU
|
Ikaatapu
|
Very large grouper
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Anuta
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XO.IKA-TAPU
|
Ika tapu
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A kind of fish reaching perhaps five pounds; very hard fighter and very good to eat; with navy blue and gold markings (pompano?)
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Takuu
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XO.IKA-TAPU
|
Ika tapu
|
Large trevally [Caranx sp.]
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Sikaiana
|
XO.IKA-TAPU
|
Ika tapu
|
Fish sp., a blue colored trevally
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Luangiua
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PN.GATALA
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Ngikala
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Fish sp. (reddish brown with darker round spots)
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Marquesas
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CE.RAWA-IKA
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Avaiʔa (MQS), avaika (MQN)
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Pêcheur. Pêcher, to fish (Atl).
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Mangareva
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CE.RAWA-IKA
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Raveika
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Pêcheur; pêcher
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West Futuna
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NP.KALI-KAO
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Karikao mara
|
Tegula reine (coquillage)
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Nuguria
|
CP.SELE.1A
|
Here ika
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Tie fish (an old method of catching sharks and turtles with a rope tying them up)
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Nuguria
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OC.KAFIKA
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Kahika
|
Malay apple
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Nuguria
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NP.KALI-KAO
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Karikao
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Shellfish sp., Trochus
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Nuguria
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OC.TIKA.A
|
Tika
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Javelin used in war (both ends sharp); pitching game throwing a piece of wood with a rope wrapped around it
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Mangaia
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NP.MATI-KAO
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Matikao
|
Finger
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Niue
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PN.MALA.1
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Mamala
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A shrub (wands of which are used as the shafts of tika)
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Takuu
|
XO.IKA-A-FATU
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Ika-a-hatu
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General term for fish inhabiting coral heads (all lagoon fish except perhaps members of the trevally family)
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Sikaiana
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XO.IKA-A-FATU
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Ika hatu
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Fish species, a large grouper (normally the fish that is caught in the deep sea fishing technique, hakasolo)
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Tikopia
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XO.IKA-A-FATU
|
Ika a fatu
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Large fish from ocean depths (unid. poss. grouper), app. not fished for many years’
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Luangiua
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NO.TITI-TAI
|
Kikikai
|
Beans
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Sikaiana
|
XO.KOKO.3
|
Koko
|
Sago palm (rare on Sikaiana)
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Easter Island
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SO.IVI-TUQU
|
Ivi tika
|
Spine
Problematic
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Easter Island
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EP.TIKA.B
|
Ivi tika
|
Spine
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Tuamotu
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EP.FAKA-TIKA
|
Fakatika
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To recount, narrate, tell
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Tuamotu
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EP.FAKA-TIKA
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Hakatika
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To authorize, grant, permit, allow...
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Penrhyn
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EP.FAKA-TIKA
|
Akatika
|
To agree, accept, admit, approve, justify...
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Rarotongan
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EP.FAKA-TIKA
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ʔAkatika
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Agree, allow, consent
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.FAKA-TIKA
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Wha(k)atika
|
Acknowledge as right
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Tuamotu
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AN.IKA.A
|
Ika
|
Fish, a general term
|
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Fijian
|
AN.IKA.A
|
Ika
|
A fish
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Waya
|
AN.IKA.A
|
Ika
|
Fish and certain fish-like creatures...
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Nukumanu
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XO.FII-KAI.*
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Hikai (pl. hikkai)
|
Hunger; famine; hungry
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Nukumanu
|
AN.IKA.A
|
Ika
|
Fish
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.SIKU-SIKU
|
Hikuhiku nikau
|
Tip end of coconut leaf
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.MUMU
|
Mumu (ika)
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Small shoal (of fish)
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