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Cognacy: |
Loan: |
180 |
far |
aatea |
|
14 |
|
170 |
when?
|
aaʔea |
(when - in the future) |
5 |
|
105 |
tail |
aero |
(tail of land animal or ray) |
10 |
|
168 |
day |
ao |
|
1, 54 |
|
6 |
road/path |
ara |
road |
1 |
|
6 |
road/path |
araʔaraʔa |
winding road |
1 |
|
51 |
to sit |
araʔi |
|
17 |
|
32 |
tongue |
arero |
|
15 |
|
33 |
to laugh |
ata |
|
7 |
|
131 |
cloud
|
ata |
Possible Tahitian borrowing but difficult to det. |
118 |
|
17 |
liver |
ate |
fish liver |
x |
|
191 |
all |
atoʔa |
(all) |
13 |
|
67 |
to sew
|
au |
to sew |
14 |
|
182 |
I |
au |
|
1, 21 |
|
145 |
smoke
|
auauaʔi |
|
2 |
|
143 |
fire |
auaʔi |
|
1 |
|
115 |
root |
aʔa |
|
2 |
|
188 |
what?
|
aʔa |
|
1 |
|
132 |
fog |
aʔinavai |
|
|
|
69 |
to hunt
|
aʔuaʔu |
|
7 |
|
195 |
no, not |
e ʔore |
/e ʔore/ (not - imperfect aspect) |
11 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
farara |
L from Tahitian: /f/ -> /ʔ/ has not occurred |
9 |
L |
130 |
star |
fetiʔa |
L from Tahitian:/f/ -> /ʔ/ has not occurred |
32 |
L |
173 |
at |
i |
|
1 |
|
170 |
when?
|
inaaʔea |
(when - in the past) |
5 |
|
205 |
Nine
|
iva |
|
5, 44 |
|
15 |
bone |
ivi |
|
52, 5 |
|
111 |
fish |
iʔa |
|
1 |
|
63 |
name |
iʔoa |
|
6 |
|
152 |
small |
maaitiiti |
|
1 |
|
59 |
mother |
maamaa |
L from English via Tahitian |
|
L |
161 |
shy, ashamed |
maamaʔu |
(shy) |
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
maatou |
(plural exclusive) |
2, 39 |
|
185 |
we
|
maaua |
(dual exclusive) |
2, 29 |
|
117 |
fruit |
maaʔa |
|
|
|
138 |
warm
|
maaʔanaʔana |
/maaʔanaʔana/ (warm) |
1, 72 |
|
193 |
if |
mai te mea |
(if - literally 'like the thing/manner') |
|
|
193 |
if |
mai te paʔau |
(if - literally 'like the thing/manner') |
|
|
193 |
if |
mai te peu |
(if - literally 'like the thing/manner') |
|
|
164 |
good |
maitaʔi |
|
15 |
|
21 |
to think |
manaʔo |
|
7 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
mania |
|
11 |
|
97 |
bird |
manu |
|
1 |
|
165 |
bad, evil |
manuenu |
(disgusting, vile) |
|
|
140 |
dry
|
maroo |
|
13 |
|
95 |
to fall
|
marua |
|
|
|
45 |
eye |
mata |
|
1 |
|
22 |
to fear |
mata'u |
|
1 |
|
136 |
wind |
mataʔi |
|
1, 66 |
|
169 |
year |
mataʔiti |
|
7 |
|
75 |
to die, be dead |
mate |
|
1 |
|
118 |
grass |
matie |
|
13 |
|
151 |
green |
matie |
|
1, 11 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
mau |
|
10 |
|
200 |
Four
|
maʔa |
L from Tahitian |
1, 66, 4 |
L |
168 |
day |
maʔana |
L from Tahitian |
8 |
L |
160 |
painful, sick |
maʔi |
sick |
1 |
|
85 |
to choose |
maʔiti |
|
6 |
|
141 |
wet |
maʔu |
|
10 |
|
56 |
child |
maʔuru |
nursing child |
|
|
60 |
father |
metua taane |
|
9 |
|
59 |
mother |
metua vaʔine |
|
4 |
|
22 |
to fear |
meʔameʔa |
|
|
|
125 |
salt |
miti |
|
7 |
|
104 |
fat/grease |
miʔi |
|
13 |
|
124 |
sea |
moana |
ocean |
10 |
|
48 |
to sleep |
moe |
|
10, 109 |
|
50 |
to dream |
moemoeaa |
(to dream) |
7, 27 |
|
46 |
to see |
naanaa |
|
103 |
|
194 |
how?
|
naaʔea |
|
11, 51 |
|
80 |
to split
|
naʔaʔa |
(to split in many places) |
5, 96 |
|
88 |
to squeeze
|
neʔineʔi |
|
11 |
|
67 |
to sew
|
nira |
L from French via Tahitian |
|
L |
68 |
needle |
nira |
L from French via Tahitian |
|
L |
31 |
tooth |
niʔo |
|
1 |
|
51 |
to sit |
noʔo |
|
16 |
|
175 |
above |
nuʔa |
|
9 |
|
158 |
narrow |
oaoa |
|
12 |
|
121 |
sand |
one |
|
1 |
|
202 |
Six
|
ono |
|
1 |
|
106 |
snake |
ooʔii |
L from Greek via Tahitian |
|
L |
76 |
to live, be alive |
ora |
|
6 |
|
60 |
father |
paapaa |
L from English via Tahitian |
|
L |
71 |
to stab, pierce |
paatia |
|
9 |
|
134 |
thunder |
paatiri |
|
14 |
|
191 |
all |
paaʔaatoʔa |
(entirety) |
13 |
|
201 |
Five
|
pae |
L from Tahitian |
9 |
L |
208 |
Fifty
|
pae ʔaʔuru |
L from Tahitian |
9 |
L |
24 |
head |
pao |
animal head |
14 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
para |
|
13 |
|
64 |
to say |
parau |
|
12 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
parau mau |
L from Tahitian: parau is a borrowing |
10 |
L |
41 |
to bite |
paʔati |
(to bite) |
1, 55 |
|
90 |
to dig |
paʔi |
|
|
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
paʔi |
(to pound taro into poopoi) |
72 |
|
160 |
painful, sick |
paʔo |
/paʔo/ (painful) |
|
|
19 |
shoulder |
paʔoʔi |
|
8 |
|
100 |
wing |
pererau |
|
9 |
|
158 |
narrow |
piri |
|
11 |
|
198 |
Two
|
piti |
L from Tahitian |
4 |
L |
207 |
Twenty
|
piti ʔaʔuru |
L from Tahitian |
28, 6 |
L |
172 |
to climb
|
piʔi |
|
6 |
|
80 |
to split
|
piʔi ai |
(to split pandanus leaves for weaving) |
|
|
167 |
night |
poo |
|
1 |
|
6 |
road/path |
poroomu |
L from Tahitian |
3 |
L |
154 |
short
|
poto |
|
9 |
|
120 |
stone |
poʔatu |
|
1, 19 |
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
purei |
|
|
|
6 |
road/path |
puruumu |
L from Tahitian |
3 |
L |
27 |
nose |
puta eʔu |
|
1, 2 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
puʔi |
(to blow - with the mouth) |
6 |
|
187 |
they |
raatou |
(plural) |
1, 72 |
|
187 |
they |
raaua |
(dual) |
x |
|
79 |
stick/wood |
raaʔau |
|
1, 26 |
|
156 |
thin
|
rairai |
|
5 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
ramu |
|
1 |
|
114 |
leaf |
raoʔere |
|
1 |
|
141 |
wet |
rari |
|
9 |
|
176 |
below |
raro |
|
8 |
|
114 |
leaf |
rauʔere |
|
1 |
|
153 |
big |
raʔi |
|
12 |
|
77 |
to scratch
|
raʔuraʔu |
|
9 |
|
10 |
dirty |
repo |
|
9 |
|
119 |
earth/soil |
repo |
|
11 |
|
101 |
to fly |
rere |
(to fly) |
11 |
|
150 |
yellow |
reʔareʔa |
|
10 |
|
146 |
ash |
reʔu |
|
67 |
|
1 |
hand |
rima |
|
1, 64 |
|
5 |
to walk |
rimorimo |
to take a stroll |
|
|
22 |
to fear |
riʔariʔa |
L from Tahitian |
8 |
L |
155 |
long
|
roa |
|
12, 105 |
|
126 |
lake |
roto |
|
6 |
|
174 |
in, inside |
roto |
|
5 |
|
26 |
hair
|
rouru |
|
40 |
|
198 |
Two
|
rua |
|
1 |
|
162 |
old
|
ruuʔau |
|
11 |
|
35 |
to vomit |
ruʔaʔi |
|
8, 31 |
|
74 |
to kill |
ta |
|
8 |
|
54 |
man/male |
taane |
|
1, 11 |
|
57 |
husband |
taane |
|
14 |
|
94 |
to throw
|
taaora |
|
10 |
|
89 |
to hold
|
taapeʔa |
|
11 |
|
62 |
thatch/roof |
taapoʔi ʔare |
Literally 'house cover' |
10 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
taapuni |
|
1 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
taapuu |
|
12 |
|
49 |
to lie down
|
taarava |
(to lie down on one's back or stomach) |
|
|
185 |
we
|
taatou |
1 pl. incl. |
1, 39 |
|
80 |
to split
|
taatuʔaʔa |
(to split) |
|
|
185 |
we
|
taaua |
1 dual incl. |
1, 29 |
|
72 |
to hit
|
taaʔiri |
|
9 |
|
124 |
sea |
tai |
sea |
1 |
|
196 |
to count |
taiʔo |
|
9 |
|
56 |
child |
tamariʔi |
child |
6, 63 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
tano |
correct |
8 |
|
84 |
to plant |
tanu |
|
2 |
|
43 |
ear |
tariʔa |
|
1 |
|
39 |
to cook
|
tau |
(to cook in an underground oven) |
10 |
|
210 |
One Thousand
|
tauatini |
L from English via Tahitian |
11 |
L |
65 |
rope |
taura |
|
9 |
|
13 |
back
|
tautua |
|
11 |
|
53 |
person/human being |
taʔata |
|
1, 66, 97 |
|
123 |
to flow |
taʔe |
|
10 |
|
197 |
One
|
taʔi |
|
41 |
|
148 |
white |
teatea |
|
8 |
|
178 |
that |
teeraa |
|
65 |
|
177 |
this |
teie |
|
7, 45 |
|
70 |
to shoot
|
teʔa |
|
3 |
|
116 |
flower |
tiare |
|
7 |
|
142 |
heavy |
tiaʔa |
|
84, 66 |
|
49 |
to lie down
|
tiipapa |
(to lie down on one's stomach) |
21 |
|
8 |
to turn
|
tiipuʔu |
|
|
L |
49 |
to lie down
|
tiiraʔa |
(to lie down on one's back) |
82 |
|
18 |
breast |
tiitii |
L from French |
|
L |
67 |
to sew
|
tiiʔai |
to darn, patch |
|
|
95 |
to fall
|
topa |
|
124 |
|
199 |
Three
|
toru |
|
1 |
|
23 |
blood |
toto |
|
4 |
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
toʔe |
|
7 |
|
139 |
cold
|
toʔetoʔe |
|
9 |
|
128 |
sky |
tuaraʔi |
|
1 |
|
157 |
thick
|
tuetue |
|
10 |
|
39 |
to cook
|
tunu |
(to cook) |
9 |
|
86 |
to grow
|
tupu |
|
1 |
|
36 |
to spit |
tutuʔa |
|
120 |
|
52 |
to stand |
tuu |
|
2 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
tuumuu |
|
10 |
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
tuʔi |
(to pound) |
2 |
|
133 |
rain |
ua |
|
1 |
|
135 |
lightning |
uira |
|
2 |
|
40 |
to drink |
unu |
|
1 |
|
24 |
head |
upoʔo |
human head |
10 |
|
127 |
woods/forest |
ururaaʔau |
|
15, 13 |
|
80 |
to split
|
vaavaaʔi |
(to split) |
4 |
|
80 |
to split
|
vaaʔi |
(to split) |
4 |
|
122 |
water
|
vai |
|
2 |
|
189 |
who?
|
vai |
|
1, 19 |
|
182 |
I |
vau |
|
1, 21, 18 |
|
30 |
mouth |
vaʔa |
|
1, 8 |
|
55 |
woman/female |
vaʔine |
|
1, 106, 116 |
|
58 |
wife |
vaʔine |
|
5, 68 |
|
204 |
Eight
|
vaʔu |
|
3 |
|
138 |
warm
|
veravera |
/veravera/ (hot) |
8 |
|
105 |
tail |
vero |
(bird tail) |
10, 23 |
|
190 |
other |
vetaʔi |
|
7 |
|
200 |
Four
|
ʔa |
|
1, 66 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
ʔaafaro |
L from Tahitian: /f/ -> /ʔ/ has not occurred |
39 |
L |
47 |
to yawn |
ʔaamama |
|
19, 28 |
|
113 |
branch
|
ʔaamaʔa |
|
2, 35 |
|
209 |
One Hundred
|
ʔaanere |
L from English via Tahitian |
11 |
L |
163 |
new |
ʔaapii |
|
7 |
|
4 |
leg/foot |
ʔaavae |
|
1, 100 |
|
129 |
moon |
ʔaavaʔe |
|
6 |
|
16 |
intestines |
ʔaaʔau |
|
12 |
|
5 |
to walk |
ʔaere |
L from Tahitian |
6 |
L |
7 |
to come |
ʔaere mai |
L from Tahitian |
1, 42 |
L |
37 |
to eat |
ʔai |
|
1, 47 |
|
5 |
to walk |
ʔano |
go |
2 |
|
7 |
to come |
ʔano mai |
|
1, 23 |
|
5 |
to walk |
ʔano rimo ʔaere |
to take a stroll |
6 |
|
195 |
no, not |
ʔaore |
/ʔaore/ (not - perfect aspect) |
11 |
|
110 |
spider |
ʔapuamaʔamaʔa |
Literally 'stupid wasp' |
|
|
61 |
house |
ʔare |
|
14 |
|
83 |
to work
|
ʔatapu |
|
|
|
179 |
near |
ʔatata |
|
9 |
|
3 |
right |
ʔatau |
|
5, 40 |
|
9 |
to swim |
ʔau |
|
5 |
|
2 |
left |
ʔaui |
|
1, 42 |
|
29 |
to sniff, smell |
ʔauʔa |
|
10 |
|
38 |
to chew
|
ʔauʔau |
|
8 |
|
161 |
shy, ashamed |
ʔaʔamaa |
(ashamed) |
1 |
|
101 |
to fly |
ʔaʔamaraʔa |
(to cause to fly away) |
|
|
74 |
to kill |
ʔaʔamate |
|
2 |
|
159 |
wide |
ʔaʔano |
|
7 |
|
44 |
to hear |
ʔaʔaroʔo |
(to hear) |
1 |
|
144 |
to burn
|
ʔaʔaʔama |
|
62 |
|
50 |
to dream |
ʔaʔaʔeimoe |
(to give a dream to someone) |
7 |
|
25 |
neck |
ʔaʔii |
|
20 |
|
193 |
if |
ʔaʔiri |
(if - unreal proposition) |
|
|
206 |
Ten
|
ʔaʔuru |
|
5, 32 |
|
181 |
where?
|
ʔea |
|
3, 35 |
|
192 |
and |
ʔee |
|
8 |
|
73 |
to steal |
ʔeiaa |
|
7, 65 |
|
147 |
black |
ʔereʔere |
|
5 |
|
34 |
to cry |
ʔeva |
|
72 |
|
181 |
where?
|
ʔia |
|
3, 35 |
|
193 |
if |
ʔia |
(if - subjunctive marker) |
|
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
ʔiinaʔi |
(meat) |
18 |
|
44 |
to hear |
ʔiiroʔaroʔa |
(to hear it said that) |
1 |
|
165 |
bad, evil |
ʔino |
(bad) |
9 |
|
102 |
rat |
ʔiore |
|
12 |
|
12 |
skin |
ʔiri |
|
1 |
|
90 |
to dig |
ʔiri |
|
1 |
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
ʔiriti |
(to open) |
42 |
|
20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
ʔite |
|
12 |
|
203 |
Seven
|
ʔitu |
|
1 |
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
ʔiʔo |
(flesh) |
10 |
|
183 |
thou |
ʔoe |
|
1 |
|
81 |
sharp |
ʔoi |
|
14, 66 |
|
184 |
he/she |
ʔoia |
|
1, 42 |
|
184 |
he/she |
ʔoona |
|
5 |
|
14 |
belly |
ʔoopuu |
|
2 |
|
186 |
you |
ʔoorua |
dual |
x |
|
18 |
breast |
ʔoouma |
chest |
7, 50 |
|
120 |
stone |
ʔooʔaʔi |
|
1, 39, 3 |
|
41 |
to bite |
ʔooʔiniʔini |
(to cause to bite) |
14 |
|
87 |
to swell
|
ʔoru |
|
6 |
|
42 |
to suck |
ʔote |
|
9 |
|
186 |
you |
ʔoutou |
plural |
16 |
|
91 |
to buy |
ʔoʔo mai |
|
7 |
|
98 |
egg |
ʔua |
|
5 |
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
ʔuaʔi |
(to uncover) |
8 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
ʔuna |
|
1 |
|
17 |
liver |
ʔupaʔa |
liver of all beings but fish |
6 |
|
149 |
red |
ʔuraʔura |
|
13 |
|
99 |
feather |
ʔuruʔuru |
|
1 |
|
28 |
to breathe |
ʔuti i te aʔo |
Literally 'to pull breath' |
9 |
|
108 |
louse
|
ʔutu |
|
1 |
|
96 |
dog |
ʔuurii |
|
7 |
|
186 |
you |
ʔuurua |
dual |
x |
|
11 |
dust |
ʔuʔaʔuʔa |
|
90 |
|
105 |
tail |
ʔuʔu |
(fish tail) |
13? |
|
88 |
to squeeze
|
ʔuʔumu |
|
14 |
|