| Language |
Item |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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Kiihai
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Past tense negativiser
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New Zealand Maori
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Kite-a
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See, find
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Fijian
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Caicai-wai
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Dragonfly
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo-
|
-like, similar, kind of
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo
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Descend, fall from a height, as a bird, kite; sink, as a canoe
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New Zealand Maori
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Koowhanga
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Nest
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo(w)hatu
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Stone. General term, except in eastern dialects which retain poo(w)hatu
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New Zealand Maori
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Kohe(kohe)
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A tree (Dysoxylum spectabile) . Saplings tall, straight, branchless trunks
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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Koowhiwhi
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A tree (Pittosporum tenuifolium) (EMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Koohure/hure
|
Remove bones of birds, rats (per anum) for cooking
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New Zealand Maori
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Koi
|
While (preposed verbal particle, poetic form); lest
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New Zealand Maori
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Kore
|
Negative used in verbal constructions with the verbal particles ka, kua, e. Not used as an existential negative
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New Zealand Maori
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Koorero-tia
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Talk, speak, say; tale, story
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New Zealand Maori
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Koorua
|
Second person dual pronoun, you
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Marquesas
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ʔOmo
|
Suck
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Fijian
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Ya/qona/
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A plant (Piper methysticum) and intoxicating drink made from it
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New Zealand Maori
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Konei
|
Here, this location near speaker
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New Zealand Maori
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Koneki
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Here, this location near speaker
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo-nui
|
Thumb
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Marquesas
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Koopeka/peka/
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Swiftlet
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New Zealand Maori
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Kopikopi
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Thrust belly upwards and outwards in dancing
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New Zealand Maori
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Koopiro
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Steeped in water to ferment, as maize Intestines
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New Zealand Maori
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Koohuru-tia
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Murder, kill treacherously
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New Zealand Maori
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Ko/tahi
|
One
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New Zealand Maori
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Kooti-a
|
Be cut, clipped
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New Zealand Maori
|
Kootou
|
Second person plural personal pronoun, (EMA)
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Tikopia
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Kootou
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Pron. 2 pers. pl. 2nd person plural
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New Zealand Maori
|
Kourua
|
Second person dual pronoun, you (MAN)
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New Zealand Maori
|
Koo/uma
|
Breastbone and rib-cage
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Marquesas
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Ku
|
Perfect aspect marker in phrases of more than two following vowels
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Marquesas
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U(a)
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Verbal particle, perfect aspect. U before bases of more than two morae
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New Zealand Maori
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Kua...kee
|
Marks action/state as already done/assumed
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New Zealand Maori
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Kuukupa
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Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) (MAN) (Bgs)
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Marquesas
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Kuʔu/hua
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Yellow. Couvert de..., imprégné de safran (Lch).
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New Zealand Maori
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Kuukuu
|
New Zealand pigeon (Waikato dialect)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
Kukume
|
Pull ., (as on a rope), (as a canoe to the sea)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kuume/a
|
Passive of kukume
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New Zealand Maori
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Kumu-a, -tia
|
Clench, close (as hand), carry in the hand; buttocks; hold breath . Anus
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New Zealand Maori
|
Kumukumu
|
Gurnard, a fish that makes a grunting sound when caught
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New Zealand Maori
|
Kupenga
|
Net (generic term)
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New Zealand Maori
|
I(i)
|
Verbal particle marking past tense
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New Zealand Maori
|
-I
|
Frozen ligative of possession, as in roimata
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New Zealand Maori
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-i
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Frozen suffix on many transitive verbs e.g. horoi "wash" < *solo-`i
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New Zealand Maori
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Ika
|
Fish
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New Zealand Maori
|
Ika
|
Human victim; captive
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New Zealand Maori
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Iraamutu
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Nephew, niece, (traditionally the sister's child)
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New Zealand Maori
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Inawhea, inahea
|
When? (past)
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New Zealand Maori
|
(I)nanahi
|
Yesterday
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Ifira-Mele
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Iore
|
Yes
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
|
I roo
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In, inside. Considered to be abbreviation of i roto o. (Eastern dialects only)
Borrowed
Problematic
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