| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Anuta
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AN.TAQANE
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Paka/taane
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To sit with legs crossed or folded ("Indian style"), in the style of men
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Anuta
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PN.WAATIA
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Paka/vatia
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A pudding made from sago flour and coconut cream
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Anuta
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AN.FANO.2
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Pano/pano
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To wash or wipe oneself, especially one's own hands; cloth, coconut husk or any other object used to wipe one's hands
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Anuta
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MP.FIRI.1
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Pi/pii/ngia
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Busy
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Anuta
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MP.FIRI.1
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Piri/piri
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Sacred necklet, worn by chiefs or persons who are the object of some special honor
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Anuta
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NP.LOA.2
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Ro
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Word used as a filler and for emphasis [in conditioned variance with *rei*?]
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Anuta
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OC.TAGA.1A
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Tanga/a/vae
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Ceremonial "kilt" of plaited pandanus leaf
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Anuta
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MP.TAO
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Tao/ria
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To be struck by a projectile such as an arrow or spear
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Anuta
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PN.TAU-LAGA
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Tauranga
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A formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian...; an individual or an elementary domestic unit...participating in such a relationship
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU-LAGA
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Tauranga
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Social anchorage, i.e. ancestral linkage by kinship or analogous connection, used for practicl social and economic relationships by individuals of Tikopia and Anuta...
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Tikopia
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PN.TUKE.1
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Tuke
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Projection on body (applied to genitalia in improper speech)
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Penrhyn
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FJ.AA-NINI
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Aniania
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Fatigued
Problematic
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.FAQAO
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Whao-a, whao/na-ia
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Seize, snatch
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CP.FIA-
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Hia
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To desire
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Penrhyn
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PN.MA-FOLA
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Maasora-hia
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To loosen [ex. hair]
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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CK.RAGA
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Ranga-ʔia
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To search for something
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Mangaia
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CK.RAGA
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Ranga (pass. rangaaʔia)
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Look around for, seek for
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.UA.1
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Ua-hia
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Lashing in house construction
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Nukuoro
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PN.QALU.C
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Alu/alu/mia
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Send away
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Nuguria
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PN.QALU.C
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Aru-mia
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Call for a person to come (vt)
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Nukumanu
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PN.QALU.C
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Aru (pass. aruhia)
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Invite
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Marquesas
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PN.TALAAO
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ʔEiao kiki
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Loche sanguine (Cephalopholis sexmaculata)
Phonologically Irregular
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAAIGA.A
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Kaiing, kianga
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Country, land
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAI-HAQA.A
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Kaia, kai kai a
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Robbers
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Penrhyn
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AN.AKA.A
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Ka/i/hara
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Aerial roots of pandanus
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Rarotongan
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AN.AKA.A
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Ka/i/ʔara
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The aerial brace-roots of the pandanus tree
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Penrhyn
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NP.NUI.1
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Kia nui taku roro
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Let my measure of *roro* be full
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Penrhyn
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FJ.QAOGA
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Onga/tia
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Disgust at having to labour
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu/hia
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Accompanied by aflock of hovering birds; said when birds follow and feed upon a school of fish
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Tuamotu
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukava
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Some part of the sacred regalia of a chief or high priest
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Samoan
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Laumanu/ʔia
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Be discussed, talked about
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Lauʔava
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Food eaten on the burial of a chief
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Penrhyn
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AN.RAKU
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Saku-hia
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To scrape
Phonologically Irregular
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Tuamotu
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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A social overlord, predominant chief...; a steward, mate; the housekeeper of an *ariki*
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Rarotongan
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TA.HAFA.C
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ʔEiaʔa
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Don't (weaker than *auraka, and often cautionary rather than imperative)
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Penrhyn
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TA.FAKA-MASARA
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Hakamahara/hanga
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Memory, memorial, recollection
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Mangaia
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TA.HOROGA
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ʔOoronga-ʔia
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Give; generous
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.huri-
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Huri/hia
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Hurricane
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Penrhyn
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TA.huri-
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Huri/hia
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Hurricane
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Rarotongan
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TA.huri-
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ʔUri/ʔia
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Hurricane, cyclone
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Mangaia
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TA.huri-
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ʔUri/ʔia
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Hurricane
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Penrhyn
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TA.MAAORO
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Maaoro-hia
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To rub, massage
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Mangaia
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TA.MAAORO
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Maaoro
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Rub, massage, make smooth (of matting material *paapaa*)
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Tahitian
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TA.GUTU-FARE
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ʔUtu/aa/fare
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Maison familiale; famille, ceux qui habitent la même maison
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Easter Island
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PN.AI.2
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Aii/ŋa
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Estada, existencia
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Rarotongan
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TA.WALE-GA
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Varenga
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Engrossed, beguiled, distracted, absorbed; become familiar, tame, lose shyness
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Penrhyn
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CE.TAA-WAI
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Taavai-a, -hia
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Add water, dilute; mix, blend
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Rarotongan
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CE.TAA-WAI
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Taavai-a, -ʔia
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Add liquid to something
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.TAPE.1
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Tau/tape
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Small rectangular apron of plaited material
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Samoan
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PN.TAPA.1B
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Tapa
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One of the white borders of a *siapo*
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