| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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PN.FAKA-FITI
|
Fakafiti
|
Refuser; refus
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Samoan
|
PN.FAKA-FITI
|
Faʔafiti
|
To deny; to refuse, as a loan
|
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Niue
|
AN.FANA.1
|
Fana/fiti
|
Bow and arrow
|
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East Futuna
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Fillip, flick with fingers
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Emae
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Jump, move very quickly
|
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Niue
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
To flip over. To fillip (Tgr).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
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Rotuman
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Start with surprise
Borrowed
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Samoan
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Spring up
|
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Tikopia
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Spring
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Tokelau
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MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Flick, bounce, leap, jump
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West Uvea
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti/fiti
|
Budge, move. Roll on ground [Muli Dialect]. (Fish) flip around on sand [Heo Dialect]
|
|
Takuu
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Fiti
|
Shift, move
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Tikopia
|
NP.FITI.1B
|
Fiti
|
Rise, (e.g. of moon), sprout
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East Futuna
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Fiti
|
Fiji
|
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Niue
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Fiti
|
Traditional place name
|
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Rotuman
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Fiti
|
Fiji
Borrowed
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Takuu
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Fiti
|
Melanesian
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.FITI.2
|
Fiti
|
Name for Melanesian Islands to immediate north and south of Tikopia
|
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East Futuna
|
XW.FITI.3
|
Fiti
|
Flower
|
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Niue
|
XW.FITI.3
|
Fiti
|
Flower
|
|
Tikopia
|
CO.FITI-FITI-KIA
|
Fitifitikia
|
To have developed pubic hair
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Marquesas
|
PN.FII-TIKI
|
Hitiki, kitiki (MQN), fitiʔi, kitiʔi (MQS), ʔitiʔi, ʔitiki,
|
Lier, attacher, nouer
|
|
Niue
|
PN.FII-TIKI
|
Fitikia
|
Be entangled
|
|
Tahitian
|
PN.FII-TIKI
|
Fitii
|
A family, relations of a person
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Niue
|
EO.KALAE
|
Kalee
|
Porphyrio (Tafiti)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MA-QINE-QINE
|
Maine (Motu dialect), maini (Tafiti dialect)
|
Enjoyable, thrilling
|
|
Niue
|
EO.PAITO
|
Paito (Motu dialect), peito (Tafiti dialect), piito
|
Cookhouse, shelter over oven
|
|
Niue
|
CE.TAFITI.1
|
Tafiti
|
Name given to the southern part of Niue, and only used as such (Sph).
Problematic
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAA-FITI.A
|
Tafiti
|
Struggle when held
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAA-FITI.A
|
Taafiti
|
Push away; stir oneself
|
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAA-FITI.A
|
Tafiti
|
Etre en convulsions, struggle (when held)
Problematic
|
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Samoan
|
PN.TAA-FITI.A
|
Taafiti
|
Somersault
|
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Niue
|
XW.TAU-SUNI.*
|
Toihune [Motu dialect], toihuni [Tafiti dialect]
|
A shrub (Messerschmidia argentea)
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East Futuna
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Tifitifi
|
Poissons: "poisson-papillon", "poisson-ange", "poisson-clown", Chaetodon sp., Chaetodontide
|
|
Emae
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Tifitifi
|
Butterfly Fish and Angel Fish
|
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Samoan
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Tifitifi
|
(Chaetodon) and (Holocanthus sp.)
|
|
Tikopia
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Tifitifi
|
Angelfish or butterfly fish
|
|
Tokelau
|
OC.TIFI-TIFI
|
Tifitifi
|
General name for Butterfly Fishes (Chaetodontidae)
|
|
Samoan
|
PN.TOGA-FITI
|
Togafiti
|
A scheme, device, means, remedy; to devise means . Treat (give medical treatment to); attend, fix up; remedy; device, scheme, prank, trick (Mnr).
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.TOGA-FITI
|
Togafiti
|
Treat medically; remedy, treatment, device, invention, idea; magical trick or illusion (performed in a show)
|
|
Niue
|
PN.MAPU
|
Mafu
|
To whistle (Tafiti dialect)
Phonologically Irregular
|
|
Niue
|
PN.PORO-QAKI
|
Poaki (Tafiti dialect), puaki (Motu dialect)
|
(To issue a) command
|
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Takuu
|
MP.FITI.1A
|
Hiti (pl. ffiti)
|
Race on foot through shallow water
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Tikopia
|
XO.FITI.1C
|
Fiti
|
Sprain; strain (muscle); "pins and needles" sensation in arm or leg
|
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East Futuna
|
FJ.PUA.A
|
Pua/tala, pua/fiti
|
Frangipanier (Plumeria sp.)
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Tokelau
|
PN.FAKA-FITI
|
Fakafiti
|
Deny; decline, refuse, turn down
|
|
Tokelau
|
PN.MA-FITI
|
Mafiti
|
Jump, bounce, jerk (accidentally or spontaneously); (of foreskin) turned back
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MA-FITI
|
Mafiti
|
Bondir, rebondir (ballon); jaillir (étincelles)
|
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Samoan
|
PN.MA-FITI
|
Mafiti
|
To spring out, as a spark from the fire; to spring up, as a splinter of wood
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Samoan
|
PN.MA-FITI
|
Maafiti
|
Blustering, quarrelsome
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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