| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.LIKO.1
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Paa/riko/riko
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Somewhat dark, stained
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Rarotongan
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EP.RIRO
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Riro
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Pass into the possession of, be obtained, got, acquired; come about, happen
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Tuamotu
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TA.RITO.B
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Rito
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Oil expressed from coconut; liquid containing starch in solution from the arrowroot; sap of plants; fine white powdered starch derived from arrowroot
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Waya
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FJ.ROO.1
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Droo
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Reach, attain
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Marquesas
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OC.LOA.1
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ʔOa (MQN), koa (MQS)
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Haut de taille; long, grand, élevé; loin. Long, haut; loin, éloigné; longtemps; durée, intervalle de temps (Lch).(Temps) long; long (time) (Atl).
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Hawaiian
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CE.ROAKA
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Loaʔa
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Find, get, obtain etc. This extremely common word is the model for loa`a stative verbs
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Tuamotu
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CE.ROAKA
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Rooaka
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To be obtained, procured, gained etc
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Rarotongan
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PN.LOHOLOHO
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Rooroo
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Unopened sheath of the coconut palm which contains the flowering and fruiting elements; the spathe of coconut palm ; the sheath enclosing the spadix of coconut palm
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Rarotongan
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CE.RORO.2
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Rooroo
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Long-mouthed wrasse, a fish whose shape resembles the coconut spathe; cream-coloured with green tip to tail; edible
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Tongan
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PN.LOLOGA
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Lolonga
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(Certain length of) a long fishing net
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Samoan
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FJ.LOLO-QI.A
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Loloi
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Cook certain foods in coconut cream
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.LOMA.1
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Tai loma
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High tide or water
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Tahitian
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TA.ROTU.1
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Rotu
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An expression used in a certain idolatrous prayer
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Tuamotu
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FJ.LOTU.2
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Rotu
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Beat on sea with a stick as in certain kinds of fishing
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.RUAHINE
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Ru(w)ahine
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Old woman; woman employed in certain ceremonies for removing tapu
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Tongan
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FJ.LUFA
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Lufolufa
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Sinnet plaited in certain way
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.MAA.2
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Maa
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Plantains or bananas preserved by fermentation
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Tahitian
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PN.MAE.1B
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Mae/mae
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Soft, ripe, as plantains or other fruit; over ripe as fruit; tending to dissolution, as flesh or fish. Avarié (poisson) (Lmt).
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New Zealand Maori
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EO.MAFUIKE
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Mahuika
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Deity from whom fire was obtained by Maaui-tikitiki
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Samoan
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EO.MAFUIKE
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Mafuiʔe
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Earthquake ; deity from whom fire was obtained by Ti`iti`i (Turner 1888:210)
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Anuta
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Mangamangaatai
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Starfish with very fine, delicate, tentacles
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East Futuna
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Magamagaʔitai
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Starfish on reef, including Brittle Stars. Etoile de mer (Mfr).
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Emae
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Magamaga tai
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Starfish
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Mangaia
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Maʔamaʔatai
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Big Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) and others
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Rennellese
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Mangamangaatai
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General name for starfishes (Asteroidea)
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Tahitian
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Maʔamaʔatai
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Ophiure (échinoderme) (Ophiocoma scolopendrina)
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Tongan
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Mangamangaʔaatai
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Kind of starfish
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Tuamotu
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PN.MAGAMAGA-QA-TAI
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Mangamangatai
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Starfish
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.MAHOI
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Tini o te /mahoi/hoi
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Certain forest-dwelling creatures, apparently mythical, of the distant past (Best 1982:55)
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Tuamotu
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OC.MAHU.A
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Mau
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Abundance (?), a sustainer
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Sikaiana
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OC.MALAQE
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Malae
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[Name of] a ceremonial center near the ritual house {hale aitu}, no longer maintained; an area in front of a house that is set off with stone work
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.MAQITAKI
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Maitai
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Beautiful, good, agreeable; iron (obs.)
Phonologically Irregular
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Rotuman
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OC.MARA
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Mara
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So ripe as to fall off tree (of certain fruit)
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Tongan
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OC.MARA
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Maa
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Kind of ensilage (but for human consumption) usually made from plantains or bananas, in a hole in the earth
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Pukapuka
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NP.MALALI
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Malali
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A fish, species of wrasse (Anampses godeffroyi). Triple-tail Wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) (Sby).
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Mangareva
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PN.MA-LELE
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Marere
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To fall little by little (of a bag, a parcel, a tree); fall of gravel and stones from a mountain. Tomber peu à peu, e.g. un arbre (Rch).
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Nukuoro
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PN.MAALIE.A
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Malie
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Good (of certain activities)
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Easter Island
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PN.MA-LIGI.A
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Pariŋi
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To leak (out of a container); derramarse, escurrirse el líquido de un vaso
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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PN.MA-LIU
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Maaliuliu
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To have a slight or incomplete understanding of something; be uncertain, forgetful
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Uvea
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MP.MALO
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Malo
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Kotex. Sorte de bande dont se servent lex hommes pour envelopper leur sexe dans certaines iles (Fidji, Tokelau)
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Tahitian
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CE.MAMAKU
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Mamau
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The name of a certain plant or tree. (Cyathea medullaris) (Jsn).
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West Uvea
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PN.MAMAQO
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Mumao
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Lointain [Heo Dialect]
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Tahitian
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CE.MAMO.1
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Mamo
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Race, lineage, progeny (obsolete in Tahiti, but retained in other dialects)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.MANA-QAKI
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Manaaki-tia
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Show respect or kindness to; entertain
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Rennellese
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NP.MANA-QAKI
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Manaʔaki/na
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Get, see, do for the first time (of something difficult to obtain or do); to succeed; at last, finally
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Tuamotu
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NP.MANA-QAKI
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Maanaaki/na
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Be attained, reached
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Marquesas
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MQ.MANAWA.2
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Heʔe ia menava. Hua menava (MQN) (Atl).
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Anterior fontanelle. Fontaine de la tête, fontanelle.
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Mangareva
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PN.MANIA.1
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Mania(nia)
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Set on edge. Sentiment sensual involontaire (Rch).
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Tahitian
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CE.MANU-FIRI
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Manufiri, manuhiri, manuhini
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A guest or visitor, one entertained
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Tahitian
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PN.MANUU-QIA
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Manuia
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To be prosperous or successful in some project; to obtain what a person sought, or wished for
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