| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Easter Island
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MQ.AKU-AKU
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Akuaku
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Diablo; duende; espíritu. Devil, ghost, spirit
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Mangareva
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MQ.AKU-AKU
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Akuaku
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Mince, svelte, fluet (personne)
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Marquesas
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MQ.AKU-AKU
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Akuaku
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Mince, fluet [ex.homme]
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.AA-KUA-NEI
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Aakuanei
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(Of time following) presently, today
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Penrhyn
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CE.AA-KUA-NEI
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Aakuanei
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Later on today
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Marquesas
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NP.APAKULA
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Apekua
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Legendary mother who engages her brother to avenge death of her son
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Hawaiian
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MP.QATUA
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Akua
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Deity
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Luangiua
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MP.QATUA
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ʔAkua
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Deity
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Hawaiian
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EP.ATUA
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Akua
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Name of the fourteenth night of the full moon
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Rapa
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CE.FAAGAI.B
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Karakua ʔangai
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Foster parents
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Rennellese
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SO.FAKA-FANO
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Hakahano
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(Kua hakahano te tina'e) The stomach defecates (after constipation)
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Hawaiian
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PN.FUGOWAI.*
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Makua/huunoowai/
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Parent-in-law
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Hawaiian
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PN.FULI-TUQA
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Hulikua
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To turn one's back
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Tokelau
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PN.KA-E
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Ka
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But (short form used before ko and kua)
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Marquesas
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EP.KATO.2
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Kato.
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Couper les cheveux, cueillir des feuilles d'hibiscus avec les ongles, ôter la tête du kuavena [petit poisson]; ététer un arbre.
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Fijian
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FJ.KAUA
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Kaa/kua
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A word of prohibition; do not, forbear to; a sign of the negative imperative
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-MATUA
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ʔAumakua
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Family or personal god
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-MATUA
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ʔAumaakua
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Plural form of `aumakua
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.KIVA
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Kua/kiva
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Hard, hard to pull up
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.KORE
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Kore
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Negative used in verbal constructions with the verbal particles ka, kua, e. Not used as an existential negative
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Rarotongan
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EP.KORE
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Kore
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Negative used in verbal constructions with verbal particles kua
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East Uvea
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Particule signe du passe
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Perfect
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Niue
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Non-future tense and present perfect tense marker
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Penrhyn
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Perfective
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Rapa
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Perfect particle, marking completed action
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Rarotongan
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Perfect
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Rennellese
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Inceptive aspect, often a recently attained state
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Tokelau
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Perfect tense marker
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Tuamotu
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PN.KUA.1
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Kua
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Completed action
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Nuguria
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EC.KUA.2
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Kua
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Muschelgeld
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Takuu
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EC.KUA.2
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Kua
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So-called ‘money cord’ made by women from tiny coconut shell discs threaded into one-metre lengths
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New Zealand Maori
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CK.KUA...KEE
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Kua...kee
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Marks action/state as already done/assumed
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Rarotongan
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CK.KUA...KEE
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Kua...kee...ana
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Already, beforehand
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East Futuna
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuaga
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Body (of person), trunk (of tree)
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Emae
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuanga
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Tronc, le tronc du cocotier, corps de l'igname
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Tikopia
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuanga
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Waist, trunk (of tree), shaft of penis
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West Uvea
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FU.KUAGA
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Kuanga
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Waist between ribs and haunches [Muli Dialect]. Between, among [Heo Dialect]
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East Futuna
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SO.KUAGO
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Kuago
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Poisson (Lethrinus xanthocheilus) [Kleinzinger]
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East Uvea
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SO.KUAGO
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Kuago
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Poisson (Lethrinus xanthocheilus) [Klunzinger]
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CE.KUUFAA
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Kuaha
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Thigh
Phonologically Irregular
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.I-NAAKUANEI
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Ina(a)kuanei
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Just now
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Penrhyn
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TA.I-NAAKUANEI
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(I)nakuanei, nakoanei
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Just now, earlier today
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Tuamotu
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TA.I-NAAKUANEI
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Inaakuanei
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Today already; reference prior to the time of speaking
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Luangiua
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PN.IO.2
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Io/a/kua
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Back of fish
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.RAKOA.1
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Haakoakoa
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Bird spp.: fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia), Southern skua (Catharacta antarctia)
Problematic
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Luangiua
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PN.MAATUQA
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Maakua
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Priest(s)
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Luangiua
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AN.MATUQA.A
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Makua
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Old (persons only); priest
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Luangiua
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AN.MATUQA.A
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Makua
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Grown up, senior, chief
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Hawaiian
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Makua
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Main stalk of a plant
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