| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-QATA.A
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Fakaʔata
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Observe, look at or examine with a telescope, etc.; take aim
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Tokelau
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TU.FAATELE
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Faatele
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Action song dance
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Samoan
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PN.FAKA-QATA.A
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Faʔaata
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To shade the eys or partially close them, in order to see far-off objects; to spy with a glass or telescope
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Nuguria
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PN.GESE
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Tele/nehe
|
Slow
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Niue
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OC.KAU-KAU
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Kaukau
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To bathe (Avatele dialect)
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Tuamotu
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CE.KOO-MENE
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Koomene
|
Telescope together; crush together; contract longitudinally
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Easter Island
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EO.KONA.4
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Kona/kona
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Tasteless
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Samoan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/tele
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Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.)
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Marquesas
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PN.MAAGALO.2
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Minaʔo/naʔo (MQN), manaʔo/naʔo (MQS)
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Fade. Insipide; qui a un goût d'eau tiède (Lch.) Tasteless (Atl).
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
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RO.MALAU.1
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Malau-ugatele
|
Bigscale Soldierfish (Myripristris berndti) (Am. Sam. Bottomfishes)
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Tongan
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OC.PAA.3A
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Paa
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Fish-hook, esp. paa 'atu (for bonito) and paa fakatele (trolling-hook)
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East Futuna
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PN.TALAKISI
|
Telekisi
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Fish sp., immature malau .
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.TALAKISI
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Telekihi
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A kind of fish
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Tokelau
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PN.TALITALI-QULI
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Teletelevakaniu
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Remora (Echeneis naucrates)
Problematic
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East Futuna
|
PN.TELE.1
|
Tele
|
Rasoir, raser, racler, ratisser
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East Uvea
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PN.TELE.1
|
Tele
|
Rasoir, raser, racler
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Pukapuka
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PN.TELE.1
|
Tele
|
To slice ; scraped taro or puraka
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Samoan
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PN.TELE.1
|
Tele
|
To plane
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Tongan
|
PN.TELE.1
|
Tele
|
Peel, pare, whittle, plane; just touch or graze in going past
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West Uvea
|
PN.TELE.1
|
Tele ina
|
Toucher [Heo Dialect]
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East Futuna
|
PN.TELE.2
|
Tele
|
Grandir
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Samoan
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PN.TELE.2
|
Tele
|
Large, big, great; much, a great deal of; many, numerous
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Samoan
|
PN.TELE.2
|
Faʔa/tele
|
Increase, enlarge; multiply
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Tongan
|
PN.TELE.2
|
Faka/te/tele
|
To become greater or more severe (of pain or sickness)
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East Futuna
|
PN.TERE.A
|
Tele
|
Glisser rapidement sur l'eau (embarcation), flotter
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Niue
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PN.TERE.A
|
(Te)tele
|
Crawl, run, move like a crab. Creep, float (of flag) (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TERE.B
|
Tele
|
Journey, voyage (n)
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Nukuoro
|
PN.TERE.A
|
Tele
|
Sail (canoe)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
|
PN.TERE.A
|
Tele
|
Sail (v)
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Tokelau
|
PN.TERE.A
|
Tele
|
Sail, travel under sail
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West Uvea
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PN.TERE.A
|
Tele
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(Bateau) naviguer
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East Uvea
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SO.TELE.3A
|
Tele
|
Aller vite, marcher vite
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Nukumanu
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SO.TELE.3A
|
Tele
|
Run
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Samoan
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SO.TELE.3A
|
Tele/aʔi
|
Run quickly
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Sikaiana
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SO.TELE.3A
|
Tele
|
Run; travel by foot along the reef between the main island {Hale} and the small islands on the western side of the atoll {Muli Akau}
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West Uvea
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SO.TELE.3A
|
Tele
|
Courir
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East Futuna
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PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Naked
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East Uvea
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PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Nu; etre nu
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Fijian
|
PN.TELE-FUA
|
Tele(f,v)ua
|
. (Geraghty 1993)
Problematic
|
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Niue
|
PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Naked; thoughtless
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Samoan
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PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Be naked
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Tokelau
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PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Naked
|
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Tongan
|
PN.TELE-FUA
|
Telefua
|
Naked, go about naked
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Samoan
|
FJ.TULI.2
|
Tuli-isu-tele
|
(Numenius tahitiensis (Ashmole)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FAKA-TELE
|
Hakatele
|
Sail (vi)
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Tokelau
|
NP.FAKA-TELE
|
Fakatele
|
Sail (a boat); make something move along
|
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East Uvea
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NP.FAKA-TELE
|
Fakatele
|
Rendre visite
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Pukapuka
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NP.FAKA-TELE
|
Wakatele
|
To sail; journey
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East Futuna
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PN.FAKA-TERE-TERE
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Fakateletele
|
Faire glisser [ex. children playing with toy boats]
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Tokelau
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PN.FAKA-TERE-TERE
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Fakateletele
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(Of pleasure craft and model boats) sail for pleasure
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