| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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NP.FE-KITE
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Feʔite/ʔiteaʔi
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See indistinctly (as at twilight)
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Pukapuka
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AN.FILI.1
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Wili
|
To choose
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Pukapuka
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EO.FILI.5
|
Wili
|
Large seabird species; perh. Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)
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Pukapuka
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MP.FIRI.1
|
Wili
|
Ply (in cordage) ; plait ; braid, twist sennit strands
|
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Hawaiian
|
EP.KAA-WIRI
|
ʔAawili
|
Mix, interweave, entwine, mixed, agitated
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.LIKO.3
|
Ri(ko)/riko/
|
Twilight
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Tikopia
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NP.LIKO.3
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Riko/riko/
|
Twilight
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Rennellese
|
OC.MA-RAMA.A
|
Maga/magama/
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To be faintly light, as at twilight
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Samoan
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OC.MA-RAMA.A
|
Maalama
|
Noun pl. dawn, twilight ; a light, a lamp
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MAA-REFUREFU
|
Maalehulehu
|
Twilight
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Penrhyn
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CE.MAA-REFUREFU
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Maarehurehu
|
Twilight, dusk
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Rarotongan
|
CE.MAA-REFUREFU
|
Maareʔureʔu
|
Morning or evening twilight
|
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Tuamotu
|
CE.MAA-REFUREFU
|
Maarerehu
|
Twilight
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Tongan
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MP.MALU.A
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Ma/malu
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(Darkness) just coming on, in the twilight stage
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Hawaiian
|
PN.MA-LIKO
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Maliʔo
|
Dawn, light, twilight
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Niue
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PN.MA-LIKO
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Malika/lika
|
Twilight, late evening; to glimpse, see for a moment, appear indistinctly
Phonologically Irregular
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Rotuman
|
PN.MA-LIKO
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Maʔiro
|
Semi-dark (as at twilight)
Problematic
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Hawaiian
|
CE.MOREFU.1
|
Moolehu(lehu)
|
Twilight, dusk = maalehulehu
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Easter Island
|
PN.NEFU.2A
|
Nehu/nehu
|
Twilight
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Rarotongan
|
MP.POGI-POGI
|
Poo/pongi/
|
Twilight, especially morning; tomorrow
|
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Samoan
|
MP.POGI-POGI
|
Pogipogi
|
Twilight
|
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Tokelau
|
MP.POGI-POGI
|
Pogipogi
|
Dusk, twilight
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Marquesas
|
PN.POO-QULI
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Po/pouʔi. Poo/poouʔi (Atl).
|
Matin. Morning twilight (i).
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Samoan
|
PN.SEGI.A
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Segi/segi
|
Twilight
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Hawaiian
|
SO.TAKA-WIRI
|
Kaʔawili
|
Entwined, interwoven, interlaced; mix ingredients, blend
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Hawaiian
|
PN.TAA-WILI
|
Kaawili
|
To mix ingredients, drugs, medicine
|
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Hawaiian
|
OC.WILI.1A
|
Wili
|
Wind, twist, writhe, crank, turn, screw, drill, bore etc.
|
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Tikopia
|
PN.SEGI.A
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Sengi/sengi
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Twilight, half-light of dawn or dusk
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Hawaiian
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CP.WILI.1B
|
Wiliwili
|
Tree sp. (Erythrina sandwicensis)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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PN.NEFU.2A
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N/nehu
|
Get dark (in the twilight)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.MA-LIKO
|
Mari/ri/ko
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Indistinct vision; cannot see clearly; blurred; twilight
|
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Niue
|
PN.SEGI.A
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Ma/hegi/hegi
|
Twilight; indistinct
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Marquesas
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CE.AWATEA.*
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Ouʔwaʔ, dare
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Morning twilight
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