| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tahitian
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PN.POOKAI
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Pooʔai
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Pelote ou bobine de fil
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Tokelau
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PN.POOKAI
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Pookai
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Stick to wind line on
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Tuamotu
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PN.POOKAI
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Pookai
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Coil
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Anuta
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NP.POKE
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Poke
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Taro balls of mashed taro and coconut sauce. A type of food made by mixing mashed, baked taro with stone boiled coconut cream and rolling it into balls (A very prestigeous food prepared on important ceremonial occasions) (Fbg).
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Mangareva
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NP.POKE
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Pooke
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Breadfruit or taro mixed with coconut milk. Pâte délayée avec du lait de coco
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Pukapuka
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NP.POKE
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Poke
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Name of a taro pudding ; pudding of fruit or arrowroot mixed with coconut milk
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Hawaiian
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CE.POO-KERE
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Pooʔele
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Black, dark; dark night
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Pukapuka
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CE.POO-KERE
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Pookelekele
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Black with rage, furious ; to do something vigorously: eg. extremely fast drumming;
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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CE.POO-KERE
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Poouli pookelekele
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Pitch darkness
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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CE.POO-KERE
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Pookere
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A black dress material
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Luangiua
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PN.POKI.1
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Po/poʔi
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Smooth surface by patting
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Pukapuka
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PN.POKI.1
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Poki
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Smear with oil; bury food for preservation
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.POO-KIA
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Boogia
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Held up, caught by a storm
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Emae
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Catch with cupped hand
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Covered over; overtaken. Passive of popoki
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Catch by covering with hand
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Nukuoro
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PN.POO-KIA
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Boogia
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Be captured, grabbed
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Penrhyn
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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To be overwhelmed
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Pukapuka
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Grabbed
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Rarotongan
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Covered, struck by waves, overtaken. Passive of popoki
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Samoan
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pooʔia
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Be pounced on
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Tokelau
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Caught by being covered by hand
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Tongan
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Be touched (of the eyes) by a spook and so to be injured in a certain way
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Tuamotu
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PN.POO-KIA
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Pookia
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Covered over; overflowed; smothered
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Niue
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PN.POKO.2
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Poko
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Depression, hollow; room (modern)
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Niue
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PN.PAKOO
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Pokoo, pakoo
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To spank, to hit; to make a knocking noise
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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PN.POKO.3
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Poo/poko
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Wrestling
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Tahitian
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PN.POKO.3
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Poo
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To slap with the open hand on a person's own breast, as wrestlers used to do, giving challenge
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.POKO-SIWI.*
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Pokowhiwhi
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Shoulder (Aupoouri dialect WMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.POLA.1
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Pora
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Coarse cloak, floor mat
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Niue
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MP.POLA.1
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Pola
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Plaited coconut leaves (used in various ways, such as mats, walls, door, thatch for the roof)
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Luangiua
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MP.POLA.1
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Pola
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Large carrying kit for food
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Luangiua
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MP.POLA.1
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Poola
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Mats for use in oven
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Pukapuka
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EP.POO-TAKA
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Pooteka
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Spinning top
Phonologically Irregular
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Rennellese
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MP.POLA.1
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Poga
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Plaited coconut leaves formerly used as house walls or as temple roof....
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Sikaiana
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MP.POLA.1
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Pola
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Roof mats of a house, woven from coconut leaves
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Takuu
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MP.POLA.1
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Pora
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Coconut leaf mat used for walls or roof of a house; mat with food on it, as a formal presentation
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Tongan
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MP.POLA.1
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Pola
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Plaited coconut leaves used for making walls or roof, or as a food-tray; kind of fishing net made of plaited coconut leaves...
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Tuamotu
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MP.POLA.1
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Poora
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Mat of dried Pandanus leaf
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.POLAE
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Poorae
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Trumpeter (Latris lineata)
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Hawaiian
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CK.POO-RAGI
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Poolani
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Handsome, beautiful, clean, pure
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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CK.POO-RAGI
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Poorangi
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Mad
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Samoan
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PN.POLATA
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Polata
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Firewood ; layer of trunk of banana, honorific for firewood
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Penrhyn
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TA.POO-REHO
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Pooreho
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Cowry shell spp.
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Rarotongan
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TA.POO-REHO
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Pooreʔo
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Cowrie (Cypraea spp.)
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Tahitian
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TA.POO-REHO
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Pooreho
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Porcelaine (coquillage) (Cypraea)
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Tuamotu
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TA.POO-REHO
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Pooreho
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Variety of sea-shell
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Rarotongan
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NP.POLI.B
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ʔAre /pori/
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A beauty-school where all well-born girls were given special diet, blanching, etc
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Easter Island
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OC.POLO.1
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Po/poro/
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A berry whose juice is mixed with ashes of tii leaves in tattooing . Planta de la familia umbelifera
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Hawaiian
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OC.POLO.1
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Poo/polo/
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Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
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