| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Tuvalu
|
MP.LAKA.1
|
Laka
|
Step
|
|
Tuvalu
|
AN.RARA.1
|
Lala
|
Apply heat to a stick to straighten it
|
|
Tuvalu
|
OC.RANU.B
|
Lanu
|
Amniotic fluid. Amniotic membrane, water sac (of pregnant woman) (Jsn).
|
|
Tuvalu
|
PN.LAQOFIE
|
Laofie
|
Clear up after rain
|
|
Tuvalu
|
MP.LASO.A
|
Laho
|
Testicle, scrotum
|
|
Tuvalu
|
NP.LAAWAKI
|
Laavaki
|
Lonely, deserted
|
|
Luangiua
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Leʔiʔa
|
A black seabird (Anous tenuirostris)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NO.LEKIA.*
|
Lekia
|
(Anous tenuirostris)
|
|
Anuta
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
To travel quickly - to run, to fly; also of a ship or canoe racing over the water
|
|
Mangareva
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Rere
|
Fly, run, jump. Voler à la façon des oiseaux; décoller (se dit aussi d'un objet lancé); courir avec vitesse, se précipiter; descendre d'un navire, d'un lieu élevé; sauter en haut, s'élancer d'un lieu à un autre
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Lo/lo/si
|
Look after
|
|
Takuu
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Llee
|
Fly; (of fish or other marine animal) move through the water, swim; (of wind) change direction, shift...
|
|
West Uvea
|
OC.LELE.A
|
Lele
|
(Oiseaux, peka, ika) voler; (personnes) sauter, accourir; balançoire
|
|
Niue
|
SO.LELEFUA.*
|
Lefua
|
Chief (wife's term for husband in respectful language)
Problematic
|
|
Tikopia
|
SO.LELEFUA.*
|
Rerefua, ?rerefue
|
Anglerfish (Antennaridae), with filament hanging down above mouth and used in attracting prey
|
|
West Futuna
|
SO.LELEFUA.*
|
Sa/rafue/
|
Butterfly, moth
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.REREIOGA
|
Reioa
|
The stern of a large native canoe
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.REREIOGA
|
Rerei
|
To waste away through sickness; to be lank and thin, as a sick person
Problematic
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.LELU
|
Faka/lelu
|
Disturb, distract, worry (by diverting one's attention)
|
|
Fijian
|
FJ.LEMO.1
|
Dromu
|
Sink under water or below the horizon
|
|
Tokelau
|
FJ.LEMO.1
|
Le/lemu
|
Drown (vt); duck (vt) under the water
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Penrhyn
|
TA.REMU.2
|
Remu
|
Moss, seaweed; kind of edible seaweed which is sometimes eaten
|
|
Tahitian
|
TA.REMU.2
|
Remu
|
Mousse (plante); algue
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.LENA.1
|
Le/lena
|
Etre étendu au soleil (natte, tapa)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.LENA.1
|
Rena/rena
|
Fasten, tie up; taut, close
|
|
Tuamotu
|
PN.LENA.1
|
Rena/rena
|
To stretch out repeatedly
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.LENA.2
|
Lena
|
Plante; clone de d'igname sauvage (Dioscorea pentaphylla)
|
|
Samoan
|
SF.LE-NEI
|
Lenei
|
Definite, demonstrative pronoun (Pre-basic, post-basic and disjunct), singular
|
|
Marquesas
|
OC.LEQO.1
|
ʔEo
|
Langage, dialecte, idiome, voix, ton, parole, accent; commandement, injonction
|
|
Emae
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Re/reo/
|
Look after
|
|
Niue
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Leo/leo
|
To guard, watch over, protect; constable, policeman
|
|
Luangiua
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Lo/lo/si
|
Protect
|
|
Pukapuka
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Leo(leo)
|
Defend, protect, guard
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Geʔo
|
Guard, rule v, protect, govern
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Leo
|
Watch over, look after
|
|
Tikopia
|
PN.LEQO.2
|
Reo
|
Guard, protect
|
|
East Uvea
|
FJ.LEPA.1
|
Lepa
|
Lofer dans le vent pour arrete la marche d'une pirogue
|
|
Tuamotu
|
FJ.LEPA.1
|
Repa
|
Flutter (of sail)
|
|
East Futuna
|
OC.LEPA.2
|
Lepa
|
Stagnant water
|
|
Samoan
|
OC.LEPA.2
|
Lepa
|
(Of water) stagnant, motionless
|
|
Tongan
|
OC.LEPA.2
|
Lepa
|
Depression or hole in the round serving as a cistern (Obst.)
|
|
Anuta
|
PN.LEPE
|
Repe/ti(a)
|
To tear down, destroy
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.LEPE
|
Ko/repe
|
Split, tear off, rip up
|
|
Penrhyn
|
PN.LEPE
|
Repe
|
To tear, cut open
|
|
Rennellese
|
PN.LEPE
|
Gepe
|
Struck, devastated, broken into bits
|
|
Easter Island
|
EP.REPE
|
Repe/repe
|
Hang, dangle, stretch downwards (e.g. lips, ears). Colgante, esirarse hacia abajo . Labia majora
|
|
Hawaiian
|
EP.REPE
|
Lepe
|
Hem, fringe, loose attachement (as of torn cloth or flesh); rooster comb, turkey wattles
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
EP.REPE
|
Taa/reperepe
|
Ragged, tattered
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
EP.REPE
|
Repe
|
Lump; gland; rock-oyster
Problematic
|
|
Marquesas
|
EP.REPE
|
Epe/epe
|
Comb of a cock. Crête de coq.
|
