| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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NP.QAFA-TEA
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Afatea
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A tree that drifts to Takuu
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Takuu
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CP.FUQAGA
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Huana
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Light grey pumice which occasionally drifts to Takuu...
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Takuu
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NP.FUKA.2
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Fukafuka
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A kind of wood that drifts to Takuu
Problematic
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Takuu
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SO.GAA-TAI
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Naatai
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Flotsam, objects drifting to Takuu from other places
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Takuu
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OC.MAKO.3
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Mako/pini, moko/pini
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Hardwood tree growing plentifully on Takuu island between Te Kaaina and I Tuattori
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Takuu
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OC.MAQOTA
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Maota
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Tree sp. with hard, red, wood, food for making planks, that drifts to Takuu
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Nukumanu
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AN.TAA.1B
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Takuu taa/taa
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Hewing adze
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Takuu
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NO.PAKILAGI
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Pakilani
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Tree sp., no longer growing on Takuu
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Takuu
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MP.PONO.1
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Pon/tau
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Large log on which mahaurani spirits drifted to Takuu, allegedly from Kiribati, in the mythical era
Problematic
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Takuu
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PN.PULE.2
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Pure
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Hereditary title of second-ranking man on Takuu...; someone chosen to act as medium for a deceased person...
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Nuguria
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NO.SIVO
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Sivo, siva
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Nine [< Takuu?]
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Tikopia
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PN.TAKU.1
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Takuu
|
Chant in falling cadence
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East Futuna
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu tofi mei
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Instrument for splitting breadfruit
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East Uvea
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu
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Os de tortue
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Nukumanu
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu
|
Axe or flat-bladed adze
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Pukapuka
|
MP.TAKUU
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Takuu
|
Cutting implement made from backbone of turtle
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Sikaiana
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu
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Axe, both of steel and shell
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Takuu
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu
|
Axe, hatchet
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Tuamotu
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FJ.TAKUPU
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Takuupe
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Variety of bird
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Takuu
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PN.TUPE.1
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Tupe
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Various hard seeds (from seed pods) that drift to Takuu (Children thread them into necklaces.); operculum or cat’s eye of a llia shell
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Nukumanu
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PN.TUQU.3A
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Takuu tuu/tuu
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Severing adze, chopping axe
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Takuu
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NP.QAFA-TEA
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Ahatea
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A type of hano [Guettarda speciosa] tree that drifts to Takuu, though a few specimens grow locally
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Takuu
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OC.HAKAU
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Akau
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The coral reef, exposed at low tide, which encircles Takuu...; isolated coral head in lagoon
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Takuu
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NP.AWA-AWA
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Avaava
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Shallow channel through the reef exposed at low tide; areas separating Takuu's individual islands
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Takuu
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PN.FUKAFUKA
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Hukahuka
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Tree with soft white wood that drifts to Takuu
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Takuu
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AN.FUTI.2
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Huti
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Type of banana (Musa sp.), apparently a late 19th century introduction to Takuu
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Takuu
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PN.KAU-QULI
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Kaukau uri
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Tree sp. having black wood that drifts to Takuu and is used for carving canoes
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Takuu
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva
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Mythical 'diamond' with which the spirit ancestor Rapi created the well on Takuu island named after him
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Takuu
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PN.MATA-FENUA
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Mata(a)henua
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Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands)
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Takuu
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EP.PAE-GA.B
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Paena
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Border areas of the community's garden on Takuu Island where men grow giant taro in individually prepared holes
Problematic
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Takuu
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu unamea
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(obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro
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Takuu
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara moana
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Sooty or Bridled Tern (Sterna sp.) (not usually seen close to Takuu)
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Takuu
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PN.TOAFA
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Toaha
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An area of Takuu Island’s gardens adjacent to Te Ara Ttoro in the centre of Takuu Island where taro is still grown in laumea plots
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Nukumanu
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PN.TUUGAKI
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Tuunaki
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Smoke signal from Nukutoa Island to mourners at Vaihare on Takuu Island that some calamity has occurred, requiring their immediate attention
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Takuu
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FJ.UTUA
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Utua
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A tidal flat between the islands and in the lagoon offshore from Nukutoa, partially uncovered by low tide; Te Utua is also a location on Takuu Island
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Takuu
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CP.FUSI.1
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Vusi
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Cultivated area on Takuu Island
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.TAKUU
|
Takuu
|
Axe (for making canoes)
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Nuguria
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AN.TOKI
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Toki/toki
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Axe (similar to takuu, but smaller)
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Takuu
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MP.MAHUKU
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Mouku
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Inland, central area on Takuu island including men's and women's gardens and bush; kind of fragrant, thin, long-bladed grass; generic term for inland grasses and creepers used as mulch for taro and swamp taro
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Takuu
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SO.QULU.4
|
Uru
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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
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Nuguria
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NO.SIMATA
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Himata
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Thousand (Takuu word?)
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Takuu
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XO.KOKO.3
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(Ha)kkoo
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Sago palm (non-indigenous, drifts to Takuu)
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Nukumanu
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MP.TAKUU
|
Takuu
|
Axe
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Nuguria
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FJ.FUA-.2
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He/hua, se/hua
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Thousand (counting money and coconuts) [Takuu word?]
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Tuvalu
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MP.TAKUU
|
Takuu
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Axe or flat-bladed adze
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