| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
Samoan
|
NP.FILOA
|
Filoa-ʔapamuumuu
|
Orange-spotted Emperor (Lethrinus kallopterus) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes)
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.FILOA
|
Filoa-paʔoʔomuumuu
|
Redgill Emperor (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes)
|
|
Luangiua
|
OC.MUQA.A
|
ʔO muu
|
Story opening
|
|
East Futuna
|
PN.MUU.1
|
Muu/muu
|
Libellule (Dragonfly (i))
|
|
Hawaiian
|
PN.MUU.1
|
Muu
|
Insect
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MUU.1
|
Muu
|
Insects
|
|
Rarotongan
|
PN.MUU.1
|
Muu
|
Big, reddish moth that flies round lamps at night
|
|
Tongan
|
PN.MUU.1
|
Muu
|
Moth
|
|
Anuta
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
A fish
|
|
East Futuna
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish sp., medium-sized, large eyes
|
|
East Uvea
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
A fish
|
|
Fijian
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
(Monotaxis grandoculis) (Gty.1994)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Porgy
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish sp, porgy
|
|
Emae
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish sp. (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Sea fish
|
|
Mangaia
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Large-eyed sea bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Mangareva
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Snapper
|
|
Nukuoro
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish spp., snapper
|
|
Luangiua
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish sp
|
|
Penrhyn
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Snapper sp
|
|
Vaeakau-Taumako
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Big-eye sea bream
|
|
Pukapuka
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
A fish (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Rarotongan
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Large-eyed Sea Bream or Porgy (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Rennellese
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Medium sized fish
|
|
Sikaiana
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Fish sp
|
|
Tahitian
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Poisson de la famille des Lethrinidae (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Takuu
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
Large-eyed Sea-bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Tongan
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
(Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Tuamotu
|
MP.MUU.2
|
Muu
|
(Monotaxis grandoculis)
|
|
Easter Island
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Mu/muu
|
Taciturn, quiet, mute
|
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound
|
|
New Zealand Maori
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Murmur, show discontent; be silent, dumb
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Utter, reply
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu/muu kaiaa
|
Remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed)
|
|
Luangiua
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Whirring noise
|
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu/lale
|
Dumb person
|
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Silent, dumb, soundless
|
|
Rennellese
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
Coo quietly (pigeons and doves)
|
|
Takuu
|
NP.MUU.3
|
M/muu
|
Mumbled, not clearly audible (of speech); a sound whose source is unseen
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.MUU.3
|
Muu
|
To be, or become silent
|
|
Hawaiian
|
CE.MUU.4
|
Muu/muu
|
Dull, blunt, rounded, as an axe
|
|
Penrhyn
|
CE.MUU.4
|
Muu/muu
|
Not sharp, blunt (of husking stick, scissors, knives, etc)
|
|
Tahitian
|
CE.MUU.4
|
Tuu/muu
|
Emoussé
|
|
Tuamotu
|
CE.MUU.4
|
Tuu/muu, tii/muu
|
Blunt, dull
|
|
East Futuna
|
NP.MUU-FEKE
|
Muufeke
|
Calmar (mollusque céphalopode)
|
|
Hawaiian
|
NP.MUU-FEKE
|
Muuheʔe
|
Cuttlefish, (Sepioteuthus artipinnis)
|
|
Pukapuka
|
NP.MUU-FEKE
|
Muuweke
|
Squid
|
|
Rarotongan
|
NP.MUU-FEKE
|
Muuʔeke
|
Kind of squid
|
|
Penrhyn
|
CK.MUU-RARE
|
Muurare
|
Dumb
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