| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.PUQI
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Pui/a
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Smoky-tasting (of food); geyser, volcano, boiling spring
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Niue
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PN.PUI.B
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Pui/pui
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Wall panel, wall paper, wall lining (any material that covers walls). Wall posts in pre-European house; door; veil (McE).
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Niue
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PN.PUI.A
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Pui/pui
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To enclose, shut up, confine; to protect, look after, be defensive
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Penrhyn
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PN.PUI.A
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Pui/pui
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Conceal, cover, plug; close (doorway)
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Sikaiana
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PN.PUI.A
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P/pui
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Shut, be shut (as a door); prevent, stop; forbid, forbidden
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Anuta
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RO.PUKA
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Puko pakatangia
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A kind of tree with fairly soft and very light wood, from which model canoes and outrigger floats are made (Hernandia peltata)
Problematic
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Luangiua
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RO.PUKA
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Pua
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Large tree, soft wood
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Samoan
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OC.ASI
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Asi manogi
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Fijian sandalwood (Santalum yasi)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.PUKA-TEA
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Pukatea
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A large softwood tree (Pisonia grandis)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.PUKE.2
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Puke
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Well up, flood
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Moriori
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PN.PUKE.2
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Wai/puke
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Flood
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Mangareva
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PN.PUKE.2
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Puke
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Well up, flood (I)
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Rarotongan
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PN.PUKE.2
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Puke
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Flood, overflow
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Tikopia
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PN.PUKE.2
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Puke
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To flow, flood; fall heavily, of rain
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Ifira-Mele
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MP.PUKU.1A
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Puku
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Knotty (as wood)
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Tokelau
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MP.PUKU.1A
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Puku
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To swallow something that is too large
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.PUKU.3
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Puku
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Secretly, without speaking, without taking food
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Fijian
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MP.PULA.1
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Vula
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Moon
Problematic
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Niue
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MP.PULA.1
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Pula
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Appear, rise (of the (new) moon). To shine (of the moon) (McE).
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Penrhyn
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MP.PULA.1
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Aa/pura
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Rise (of the new moon)
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Easter Island
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MP.PULA.2B
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Pu/pura
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To look fixedly, to stare
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Pukapuka
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MP.PULA.2B
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Pu/pula
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To stare, look without seeing
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Rennellese
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MP.PULA.2B
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Puga
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Look
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Samoan
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MP.PULA.2B
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Pu/pula
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Look, stare; have sight, be able to see
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Samoan
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NP.PALA.1C
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Palapala
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Polite term for blood, esp. menstrual blood
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Fijian
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OC.PULAPULA
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Vuravura
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Shoots or suckers of Sugarcane
Problematic
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Luangiua
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OC.PULAPULA
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Pulapula
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Young shoot
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Samoan
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OC.PULAPULA
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Pulapula
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A slice of yam to cook or plant
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Rapa
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TA.PUURAU
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Purau
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Hibiscus tiliaceus (Rapa term is mooree). Hibiscus (= TAH purau) (Grn).
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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FJ.PULEWA
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Puulewa
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Kind of stone used as sinker for octopus hooks
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Kapingamarangi
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FJ.PULEWA
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Purewe
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Sand-paper-like growth on coral, used to smooth paddles
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Nuguria
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CP.PUULOU.A
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Buloo
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Hat
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Rotuman
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CP.PUULOU.A
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Purou
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Leaf cover or cap placed on food cooking
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Nukuoro
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??.PUULOU.B
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Buulou
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Catch by scooping up
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Tokelau
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??.PUULOU.B
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Puulou
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Bird-scooping, scoop net for birds
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Rennellese
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AN.PULU.2
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Pugu
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Resin; soot
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.PULU.3
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Puru
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Prepare fern-root by soaking in water; fusty, mouldy; pulp
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Tokelau
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PN.PULU.4
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Pulupulu
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Loose shoulder covering, shawl; wear
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Tikopia
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FJ.PULU-PULU
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Purupuru
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Sea fish, up to 90 cm, thin, light-coloured; taken by hook ? Hair-tail or Scabbard Fish. Also applied to a kind of squalid shark
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Kapingamarangi
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MP.PUNA
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Buna
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Bubble, glass float, balloon
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Mangaia
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MP.PUNA
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Puna
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Deep pools within the lagoon
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Penrhyn
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MP.PUNA
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Puna
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Small water pool on a rock
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Penrhyn
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MP.PUNA
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Saa/puna
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Pool, spurt forth, well up
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Samoan
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PN.PUNI.1A
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Pu/puni
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Block, bar; to close (e.g. door); screen off, hide
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Tongan
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PN.PUNI.1A
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Puni/puni
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Shut up all the doors and windows
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Niue
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PN.PUNOU
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Punou
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To stoop, duck; bob up and down. Bend the body forwards (McE).
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Pukapuka
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PN.PUNOU
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Puunou
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Stoop, bend down
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.PUSA.1
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Puiha
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Wooden box (said to have been imported)
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.PUSI.1
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Pu/puhi, puuhi/a
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Blow (as the wind, a whale); shoot (as a gun)
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Penrhyn
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MP.PUSI.1
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Pu/puhi
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Shoot, gun
Problematic
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