| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Emae
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CP.AGA
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Aga/fua/
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Free of tapu
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Marquesas
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XE.FAFI
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Fafi
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Petit paquet; (___ tapu) nourriture offerte à l'occasion des fiançailles. Paquet de nourriture (enveloppé et cuit au four); food parcel (wrapped and cooked in earth oven) [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl).
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Samoan
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PN.FAKA-LANU
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Faʔalanu
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To wash off salt water; prevent the effects supposed to arise from eating tapui nuts; remit punishment; remove offence by undergoing a penalty
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Tahitian
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CE.FAATOO
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Taputoo
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Lutter, se battre
Problematic
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Tongan
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OC.FULA.1
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Fula
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Swell up as result of breaking tapu ; tumour, hard swelling
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Rennellese
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PN.GAO.2
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Tapu/ngao
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Sole of foot, footprint, steps in coconut trunks for climbing
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Marquesas
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CE.KARIOI
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Kaʔioi
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Lubrique, sensuel, luxurieux. Jeunes vivant en groupes, non asujettis aux obligations du tapu.L'étude de la culture de leurs ancêtres et les préparatifs de la fête, étaient leurs occupations journalieres (Lch). Jeune homme, young man (Atl).
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East Uvea
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NP.LAFU.2
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Lafu
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Abondance de cochons ou de kava produite par un tapu
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Pukapuka
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EP.RAAFUI.*
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Laaui
|
To place a tapu over (food supplies, trees, reefs); the tapu so placed
Problematic
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Niuatoputapu
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XW.LALO-KOKA
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Lolo-koka
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Colonisation site on Niuatoputapu (Kch)
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Tongan
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CP.LEWA.2
|
Leva
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(Cerbera sp.) (Niuatoputapu)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.RUAHINE
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Ru(w)ahine
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Old woman; woman employed in certain ceremonies for removing tapu
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Takuu
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PN.LUPO
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Rupo
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Fish sp., small growth stage of Caranx spp. which grows into a matapuku
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Marquesas
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OC.MALAQE
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Meʔae
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Terrasse, lieu sacré ou tapu (Lch). Temple ancien (Atl). Lieu sacré (lucus) (Dln 1904).
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Tongan
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FJ.MALU.B
|
Malu
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Watertight; kept (of tapu); deaf; unable to defecate
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.MAMA.2
|
Mama
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Perform rites to nullify witchcraft or remove tapu
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
PN.MATA-PULA
|
Matapura
|
A univalve mollusc
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
|
PN.MATA-PULA
|
Matapula
|
Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Samoan
|
PN.MATA-PULA
|
Matapula
|
Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Tokelau
|
PN.MATA-PULA
|
Matapula
|
Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Tongan
|
PN.MATA-PULA
|
Matapula
|
Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus)
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Tongan
|
PN.MOKA.3
|
Moka
|
Kind of fish-trap used on Niua Toputapu for catching `otule
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MORI.A
|
Mori/mori
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Remove tapu from crops
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Tongan
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PN.MOSE-MOSE
|
Mohemohe
|
A tree (Leucaena insularum). Tree spp. (Serianthus melanesica, Samania saman (Niuatoputapu)) (Whr).
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MUQA.A
|
Mua
|
Space or place in front; earlier period; restricted or tapu part of marae, i.e. in front of meeting-house
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New Zealand Maori
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EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
|
Be ordinary, of no consequence, free from tapu, without limits
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Penrhyn
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EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
|
Free from tapu
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Rarotongan
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EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
|
Ordinary, not sacred, unsanctified, free from tapu
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Tuamotu
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EO.NOA.1
|
Noa
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Common, free from tapu
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Penrhyn
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TA.PATA.4
|
Pata
|
Marble game; to play marbles; shoot at; catapult
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Tikopia
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PN.PELUPELU
|
Peruperu
|
Fish, young of ikatapu (Caranx sp.)
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Rarotongan
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PN.PULE.2
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Pure
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Prayer, ceremony to remove tapu
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.PULU.4
|
Puru-tapu
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A shroud for a corpse
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East Uvea
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MP.SAQA.1
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Haʔa
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Interdit, defendu, synonyme de tapu
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.SALA.1
|
Hara
|
Miss, come short of; violation of tapu, sin
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Tuamotu
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AN.SALA.1
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Hara
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Sin, violation of tapu
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.SAPA
|
Hapa
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Sin, offence; violate tapu; gone by; be passed over in apportionment of anything; crooked; be in need
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Tongan
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PN.SA-SAKE
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Hahake
|
East; eastern end of Tongatapu
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Penrhyn
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TA.SURA
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Sura-hia
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To open, turn over, be removed. Remove, open; become free from tapu (Yda)
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Marquesas
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OC.SUMU.2
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Humu
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(Balistapus (Sufflamen) capistratus) [Shaw]. Baliste, triggerfish [spp.] (Atl).
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Niue
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OC.SUMU.2
|
Humu
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Triggerfish spp. (Sufflamen bursa, Balistapus undulatus)
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Pukapuka
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OC.SUMU.2
|
Umu/lenga
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Orangelined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
|
OC.SUMU.2
|
Sumu
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Balistes & Balistapus triggerfish spp
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TA-FAGA.A
|
Tafaga
|
Unrestricted, free of *tapuga*; free (of cost); inactive
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Anuta
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FJ.TAFU.A
|
Tapu
|
To put wood on a fire so that it will burst into flame, for purpose of cooking etc.
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Anuta
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PN.TA-FULI
|
Tapuri
|
Capsize
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Pukapuka
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SO.TAGA.3
|
Tanga
|
Common, not tapu
|
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Tikopia
|
SO.TAGA.3
|
Tanga
|
Free from tapu
|
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Penrhyn
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FJ.TAKUPU
|
Tapuku
|
Brown morph of red-footed booby (Sula sula)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tuamotu
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TA.TAA-MAA
|
Taamaa
|
To remove the tapu from; to purify; to make clean
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