| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Nuguria
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Reia
|
Inland bird sp.
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Rennellese
|
AN.LAWA-LAWA
|
Gaba
|
Web, as of spider; spider sp. (prob. Gasteracantha taeniata)
|
|
Nuguria
|
NP.LAFI.1
|
R/rahi
|
Thin (as leaf, material)
|
|
Nuguria
|
EO.TAA.1A
|
Taa (pass. ta/ia)
|
Beat
|
|
Nuguria
|
OC.TAAIWA
|
Taiava
|
Snapper sp., coral trout
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.PAQAO
|
Pao/natia
|
(of all the island's trees) Suffer a blight in which many plants bear only undeveloped fruits or have fruits fall off before ripening
Problematic
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TANU
|
Tanu (sg.obj.), tanu/tanu (pl.obj.) (pass. tanu/mia)
|
Bury; cover (a hole), close (a water-well)
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.PAA.5
|
Pu/paa-tia
|
Sonner, gronder [ex. tonnerre]; claquer (porte)
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.TALO.1
|
Taro
|
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TAUMAFA
|
Taumaha-tia
|
Curse, scold, swear
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TIA.1B
|
Tia/tia
|
Net-like container for coconut shell containers, made of coconut fibre
|
|
Nuguria
|
CP.TIA.1B
|
Tia
|
Weave (a fishing net)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TOQA
|
Toa
|
Giants, people of long ago (mythological)
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.TUQU.3A
|
T/tuu (sg.obj.), tuu/tuu (pl.obj.) (pass. tuu/tia)
|
Cut (off), sever, amputate; chop, cut down (a tree, a coconut); harvest, reap (banana, sugarcane)
|
|
West Uvea
|
OC.SOLO.2A
|
Solo-ia
|
Gratter (pour nettoyer), oter, aiguiser [Heo Dialect]
|
|
Nuguria
|
AN.UNU.1
|
Unu-hia
|
Uproot, pull out/up
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.HAALIQA
|
Vai-h/aaria
|
Swampy area
Problematic
|
|
Nuguria
|
PN.WELO.1
|
V/voro (pass. voro/hia)
|
Shoot (spear), pierce, stab (throwing actions)
|
|
West Uvea
|
OC.TAQO.2A
|
Taa/mia
|
Appuyer sur
|
|
Takuu
|
PN.QULU.3
|
Uru/uru
|
(Of one's stomach) Gurgle, especially after drinking a large quantity of water
|
|
Takuu
|
SO.QULU.4
|
Uru
|
A sexually explicit song designed to distract potentially malevolent spirits while the image of the spirit Pukena was carried from its carving place to the ritual arena on Takuu Island
|
|
West Uvea
|
MP.WAA-WAA.2B
|
Vaava
|
Liane non-id.
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
|
Travailler trop; harassant
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Paʔia
|
Not touched by work, sacred (A term applied to titled chiefs)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Emae
|
PN.PAA.2B
|
Paa/kia
|
Strike, hit
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.PAA.2B
|
Paa-ʔia
|
Touch, get, contact, reach, gan control of, hit, experience...
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
SO.PAA.7
|
Baa-gia
|
Concavities of a tree trunk; to dent, dented
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
NP.PAA.2C
|
Baa/gia
|
To drift, carried (by current)
Problematic
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
|
To get cut
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Paʔia
|
Temporarily deaf, as from ascending to a high altitude
|
|
Mangareva
|
PN.PAKIA.1
|
Pakia
|
Fruit à pain détérioré sur le pied par trop de maturité
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
AN.PAA.2A
|
Paa/kia
|
Slap
|
|
Ifira-Mele
|
PN.PAA.2B
|
Paa/kia
|
Hit with hammer, rock, etc.
|
|
Nukuoro
|
AN.PAA.2A
|
Baa/gia
|
Slap
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.PAA.2B
|
Paa/kia
|
To be hit; to scold, silence, or drive away, as a child
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.PAA.2B
|
Paa/kia
|
(Of the leg) to be knocked, or wounded, or hurt on the shin
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.PAA.2A
|
Pa/kia
|
Clap the hands
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.PAKI.3
|
Paki
|
Break (off), especially with the hand; pick, pluck
|
|
West Uvea
|
PN.UQU
|
Uu/tia
|
Mordre
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.GARUE
|
Galue-ina
|
To work, especially in cultivating the ground
|
|
Tongan
|
MP.FUA.1B
|
Fue/sia
|
Carry, bear the burden of, esp figuratively
|
|
Sikaiana
|
XO.FILIANI
|
Heliani
|
Rod running from bow of boat to top of mast {kautuu} in an outrigger canoe
|
|
Takuu
|
XO.FILIANI
|
Hiriani
|
Mast of a ship or canoe; radio antenna, aerial
|
|
Nuguria
|
XO.FILIANI
|
Hiriani
|
Mast
|
|
Tikopia
|
XO.FILIANI
|
Firiani
|
Platform, staging (e.g. in house)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Luangiua
|
XO.IKA-A-FATU
|
Iahaku
|
Spotted rock cod
|
|
Takuu
|
NO.TITI-TAI
|
Tititai
|
Creeper sp. (Wedelia biflora)
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.TITI-TAI
|
Tititai
|
Plant sp. (traditionally used to wash out tattoo wounds immediately after tattooing)
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.LAPIAO
|
Lapiao
|
Brown unicorn fish
|
|
Takuu
|
NO.LAPIAO
|
Lapiao
|
Fish sp., Grey Unicornfish (Naso sp.)
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