| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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PN.AMU
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Waka/amu/
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Be envious; grumble because of envy
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Pukapuka
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XW.QAAWAGA.B
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Waka/aavanga
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The lover's act of copulating with his deceased beloved's body while it is laid out for the funeral wake
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Pukapuka
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PN.QETE-QETE
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Waka/eteete
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Make something frightening to keep people away
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Pukapuka
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PN.QETE-QETE
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Waka/ete/ngia
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Draw back, retreat
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Pukapuka
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EO.FAKA-.1
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Waka-
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Causative prefix
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-LAQAA
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Wakalaa
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To expose to the sun
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-LAWA
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Wakalava
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Stretch across
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-QALI
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Wakaaali
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To show (prob. borrowing from RAR)
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-ROGO
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Wakalongo
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To believe
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-ROGO
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Wakalongo/longo
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Listen
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Pukapuka
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CE.FAKA-RUA.2
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Wakalua
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North-north-east
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-MAQU
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Wakamau
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To make fast, tight
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Pukapuka
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EP.FAKA-PEKE
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Wakapeke
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To raise buttocks (e.g. of a woman in reference to sex act)
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-QATA.B
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Wakaata
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Reflection
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Pukapuka
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NP.FAKA-TAGI
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Wakatangi/tangi
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Toy leaflet spinner
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-TAU-
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Wakatau-
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At each other, simultaneously; similar to, comparable to. Reciprocal action, doing something together (Sby).
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Pukapuka
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SO.FAKA-TIU.*
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Wakatiu
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West, west wind
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Pukapuka
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FJ.FEFE.A
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Waka/wewe/wewe
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To walk feebly, be chronically ill
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Pukapuka
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PN.FUE.2
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(Waka)u(w)e
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To chase away
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Pukapuka
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NP.KAFA-KAFA.*
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Kawakawa
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Baby kawa fish
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAU.2B
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ʔAu
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Group (in /qau/ waka, /qau/ moku)
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Fijian
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CP.KAWA.3
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Kawakawa
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Yellow-finned groper
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Fijian
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CP.KAWA.3
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Qawaqawa
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A fish like the saqa, but with a yellowish tail and no teeth. Syn kawakawa
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Anuta
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NP.KAWA-KAWA-QATUA
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Kawakawa tua. Kavakavaatua (Fbg).
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(Euphorbia atoto)
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Fijian
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Kawakawasaa
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Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (Lau dialect)
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Fijian
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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Kawakasaa
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A bird of the passerine order, with a long tail
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Pukapuka
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MP.KOLO.2
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Waka/kolo
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To intend or want to do
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Pukapuka
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NP.KOLO-MAKI
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Waka/kolomaki/
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Patience
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Pukapuka
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TA.KOMA.3
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Waka/koma
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Show contempt in conversation by turning face away from speaker
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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CE.KOO-TORE.A
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Waka/kotole/
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To open out (of flowers)
Borrowed
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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CE.RARE.A
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Waka/lale/lale
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Pronounce, utter, often incoherent
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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PN.LAU.2A
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Waka/lau
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Count
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Pukapuka
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EO.LAQU.1
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Wakala/lau
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To pull something toward one with a hooked stick
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Pukapuka
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CP.LEPO
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Waka/lepo
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To fertilise a taro bed
Problematic
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Ifira-Mele
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MP.MAHUKU
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Mwakauku
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Swidden; overgrown; weeds
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.LAWA-KA
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Rawaka
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Abundant, sufficient
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Pukapuka
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AN.MAANAWA.1
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Waka/manava/
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To rest, breathe
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Pukapuka
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PN.MAPU
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Waka/mapu/i
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To belch
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Pukapuka
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PN.MA-SANI
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Waka/maayani/
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Become accustomed to
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Pukapuka
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CP.MAA-TAU
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Waka/maatau/
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Be accustomed to, in the habit of
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Pukapuka
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PN.MOHE-MITI
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Wakamoemiti
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Problematic
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Pukapuka
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FJ.MOLI.2
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Wakamoli/moli/
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Destroy, ravish
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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CK.MORI.B
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Wakamoli/moli
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Destroy, ravish
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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PN.MULU.1
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Wakamaa/mulu/
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To rub
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Pukapuka
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PN.NAQA.1
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Waka/naa/
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To desist from
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Pukapuka
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PN.OLI.1
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Waka/oli
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Dance, move in rhythm
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Pukapuka
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PN.OLI.1
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Wakaoli/oli
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Sway from side to side; swoop back and forth (of a bird)
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Pukapuka
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NP.PALE-TAI
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Waka/pale/tai
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Canoe part, additional section of wood lashed to base of gunwale when gunwale not deep enough
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Pukapuka
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TA.PAPI
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Waka/pape/
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(With reference to the sex act) raise the woman's buttocks
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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EP.PEKA.2A
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Waka/peka
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Used in term, yimu wakapeka "lashing using circumferential turns"
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