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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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AN.AGO.A
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Ango
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Turmeric plant (Curcuma longa), providing pigment (*renga*) and edible flour (*tauo*)and
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Renga
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Yellow
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Moriori
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AN.KUTU.1
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Kutu/porenga
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Flea
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Anuta
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MP.REGA
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Renga
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Turmeric dye
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.REGA
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Renga/renga
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Anthropodium cirrhatum, a plant. ("rhizome and broadly strap-like leaves" (Gdr))
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.REGA
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Renga/mutu
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Tetragonia expansa, New Zealand Spinach
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Mota
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MP.REGA
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Re/renga/
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Yolk of egg
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Rarotongan
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MP.REGA
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Renga
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The aboriginally introduced turmeric (Curcuma longa)
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Sa'a
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MP.REGA
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Renga
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Decorate with black, white and red designs
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Tikopia
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MP.REGA
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Renga
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Tumeric pigment, used ritually for decoration...
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Anuta
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Yellow-orange (the colour of turmeric dye)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Renga
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Yellow
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Mangaia
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Yellow
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Penrhyn
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Yellow
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Rapa
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Yellow
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Rarotongan
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Yellow
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Tikopia
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PN.REGA-REGA
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Rengarenga
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Stained with turmeric; orange, vermilion and other reddish hues
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Easter Island
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OC.MALAQE
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Maraʔe-. Marae- (Fts).
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In traditional placenames *Mara'e-renga* and *Mara'e-tohia*, associated with *Hotu-matu'a*.
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Tikopia
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PN.PELE.1
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Pere/perenga
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Honouring, cherishing; kindly treatment
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Gilbertese
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MP.REGA
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Renga
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(Curcuma longa)
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.KORE-GA
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Korenga
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Non-existence, absence, non-occurrence, etc.; broken place
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.FAANUI
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Whanui
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The star by which the voyager Herenga steered or navigated
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.FORE
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Horenga
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To be beaten in a race
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.WALE-GA
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Varenga
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Busy
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Penrhyn
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TA.WALE-GA
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Varenga
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To be tamed; tame; attached to, affable
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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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Mangaia
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TA.WALE-GA
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Varenga
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Unconscious, accustomed, absorbed; forget an important thing, having been engrossed in a less important thing
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Kapingamarangi
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MP.QOLOGAA
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Warenga
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Pipturus argenteus
Phonologically Irregular
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