| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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SO.FAGA-SELE
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Faga-sele
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Gâté (en parlant d'enfant qu'on abandonne à ses caprices); enfant cherie, préferé
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East Futuna
|
AN.FILI.1
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Fili
|
Select, choose
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East Uvea
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AN.FILI.1
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Fili
|
Select, choose
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Kapingamarangi
|
AN.FILI.1
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Hili
|
Choose, select
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New Zealand Maori
|
AN.FILI.1
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Whiri/whiri
|
Select, choose
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Ifira-Mele
|
AN.FILI.1
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Firi/a
|
Select, choose
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Nggela
|
AN.FILI.1
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Vili
|
Choose, select
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Niue
|
AN.FILI.1
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Fi/fili
|
Choose, select
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Penrhyn
|
AN.FILI.1
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Hiri
|
Select, choose
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.FILI.1
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Hili/hili/a
|
Select, choose; put a taboo sign on
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
AN.FILI.1
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Hili/hili
|
Choosy, selective; taboo sign
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Rarotongan
|
AN.FILI.1
|
ʔIri
|
Select, choose
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Rennellese
|
AN.FILI.1
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Higi
|
Choose, select, vote
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Rotuman
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Hili
|
Choose, select
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Samoan
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Fili
|
Select, choose
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Sikaiana
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Hili
|
Select, choose
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Takuu
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Fili
|
Choose, select
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Tikopia
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Firi
|
Select
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Tokelau
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AN.FILI.1
|
Fili
|
Pick out, select
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Tongan
|
AN.FILI.1
|
Fili
|
Select, choose
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Pukapuka
|
FJ.FULE.C
|
Wu/wule
|
Senseless destroying of numerous leaves (e.g. ofcoconut) ; to mutilate
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Penrhyn
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PN.GAFI-GAFI
|
Ngahingahi
|
Shabby, ragged, useless
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Tongan
|
PN.GAHELE
|
Ngahele
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Move slowly and noiselessly; creep, crawl
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Rarotongan
|
CE.GASERE
|
Ngaa/ngaaere/
|
(Full of) weeds, useless grasses, plants or bushes
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Penrhyn
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PN.KINO
|
Kino
|
Bad ; bad, naughty, rough, stormy, rotten, useless
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Hawaiian
|
NP.KOFI
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ʔOhi-a
|
Gather, harvest, cull, pick, select
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.KOO-PEKA.2
|
Koopeka
|
Obstruct, deceive, spoil, render useless; a lie
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Hawaiian
|
CE.KUKA.2
|
ʔUʔa
|
Worn out, coarse mat or tapa, useless, unattractive
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MAKAU.1
|
Maʔau
|
Go from place to place; gad about; to sprout, germinate, spread, esp. of useless weeds
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East Futuna
|
PN.MASELE
|
Vao maaselesele
|
A plant (Scleria polycarpa)
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Samoan
|
PN.MASELE
|
Selesele
|
Large, sharp-edge sedge spp. (Mariscus javanicus) or (Rhynchosporal corymbosa)
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Hawaiian
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PN.MA-WAHE
|
Maawae
|
To separate, sort, select; cleft, fissure, crevice, crack; to crack, split, cleave
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Luangiua
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FJ.MOLI.2
|
Moli
|
Useless, no good
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Tuamotu
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NP.NEWA.B
|
Neneva
|
Asinine, mad, crazy, senseless
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East Uvea
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EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
|
Useless, worthless
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Niue
|
EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
|
To be, have, get or obtain nothing. Uselessly, without cause, in vain (Tgr).
Problematic
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East Uvea
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PN.PAKOKO.A
|
Pakoko
|
Concave; non plein; bossele; frise; retire
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Rennellese
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CP.PAU.1A
|
Pau
|
Permanent, forever, decidedly, definitely; choose, select, decide
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Rennellese
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CP.PAU.1A
|
Haka/pau
|
Know inherently; choose, vote, select
|
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Pukapuka
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NP.PII-WAI
|
Piivai/elo
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Useless, good for nothing (said of persons)
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Mota
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PN.SAMU.1A
|
Samw/ai
|
Useless remains, refuse
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East Futuna
|
CP.SELE.1A
|
Matamaa/sele/
|
Snare v.
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Nukuoro
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CP.SELE.1A
|
Sele
|
Catch with lasso or noose
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Luangiua
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CP.SELE.1A
|
Sele
|
Hang up, suspend
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Samoan
|
CP.SELE.1A
|
Sele
|
Snare for catching fish; tie up
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Sikaiana
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CP.SELE.1A
|
Sele
|
Tie up from above; set a trap using a string that jerks
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Nukuoro
|
EC.SELE.1B
|
Daa/sele
|
Swing rope in game to cause jumper to trip
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Sikaiana
|
EC.SELE.1B
|
Sele
|
Wrestling holds used in the traditional style of wrestling
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East Futuna
|
EO.SELE.2
|
Sele
|
Knife, cut
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Fijian
|
EO.SELE.2
|
I/sele
|
Knife
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