Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TO | TEGI-TEGI | A type of plaiting |
| TEI-TEI | High (in altitude or esteem) | |
| TEI.1 | Particle indicating present position, or action | |
| TEI.2 | Pre-verbal particle: nearly, almost: *t(ae)(q)i | |
| TEINA.* | Younger sibling or cousin of the same sex | |
| TEKA.1 | Roll, rotate, spin | |
| TEKA.2A | Dart | |
| TEKA.2B | Penis | |
| TEKA.3 | Cross-piece (in house timbers or other structure) | |
| TEKE.1 | Crooked; deceitful | |
| TEKE.2 | Keep something upright by a stabilising support or a prop | |
| TEKE.3 | ?? | |
| TEKE.4 | Reject, refuse | |
| TEKI.1 | To hop | |
| TEKI.2 | To twitch, or make a sudden movement, start | |
| TEKO.1 | Project (v), stand out | |
| TEKO.2 | White | |
| TEKO.3 | Proud, haughty | |
| TELA | Upper, frontal surface; front of head of fish or animal | |
| TELE-FUA | Naked | |
| TELE.1 | Peel, pare, shave | |
| TELE.2 | Increase, grow | |
| TELE.3A | Run, move quickly | |
| TELE.3B | Flow, as liquid | |
| TENI | Exalt, magnify | |
| TEO | Clitoris | |
| TEPA | Look sideways, glance at | |
| TEPE | Congeal, clot | |
| TO | TEPU | Lump, knot, protuberance |
| TEQE-AGA | Careless, inattentive; common | |
| TEQE-AI | Negative existential and pro-form; not exist, none, no | |
| TEQE-MUU | Be quiet, silent | |
| TO | TEQE.1 | Excrement |
| TEQE.2 | Ooze out, squeeze out (as excrement, pus, milk, gas) | |
| TEQETEQE | Pufferfishes (Hpr) | |
| TERE.A | Move swiftly and smoothly, in or on water: swim (as fish), sail (as canoe) | |
| TERE.B | To travel, voyage; travelling party | |
| TERO | Perineal area | |
| TETE | Shiver, tremble | |
| TEU.1 | To tidy up, put in order, decorate | |
| TEU.2 | A fish (Caranx sp.) | |
| TEWE | A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) | |
| TIA.1A | A stake, post; stick in a peg or a needle | |
| TIA.1B | To sew, make a net | |
| TIA.2 | Lower abdomen | |
| TIAKI | To guard; to wait for | |
| TIALE | Flower (Gardenia taitensis) | |
| TIFA.1A | Pearl shell | |
| TIFA.1B | Insert, inlay, patch | |
| TIFA.2 | Soar, swerve |
5665 entries found
