Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TUSU.B | In expressions for "index finger": *tusu-qi >> *tusi | |
| TUTE.1 | Push (away) | |
| TUTE.2 | Fish sp. | |
| TUTU-A | Board or log on which bark for cloth is beaten | |
| TUTU.1 | Hoop (used as net spreader) | |
| TUTU.2 | A shrub (perhaps Colubrina asiatica) | |
| TUTU.3 | To beat out bark into felt; beat tapa | |
| TUTU.4 | Set fire to | |
| TUTUE | Thin (of body); tough (of fish or meat), owing to lack of fat | |
| TUTUNA | Tree sp. (Diospyros samoensis) *tutun(a,u) (Grf) | |
| TUU-FONU | Type of turtle | |
| NO | TUU-KAFA | Coconut husk fibre ready for making into sennit |
| TUU-KAU.A | Handle, haft | |
| TUU-KAU.B | Assistant, helper; subordinate chief | |
| FU | TUU-KELE.* | Ground pigeon sp |
| TUU-ORO | Resonate, sound: *tu(u)oro | |
| TUU-PERE | Scrape out, scoop out | |
| TUU-PONO | ||
| TUU-POUPOU | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) | |
| TUU-TAQE.* | Excrement | |
| TUU-TARA | Talk about | |
| TUU-TOKO | ||
| TUU.1 | Ground pigeon sp | |
| TUU.2 | Shake, shake dust off: *tuu(tuu) | |
| TUU.3 | A night or series of nights in the first part of the lunar cycle | |
| TUUGAKI | Signal fire | |
| TUUGI-A | To ignite, light | |
| TUUGOU-GOU | ||
| TUULOU | Expression of deference; to bow | |
| TUUMATATEGA | Mourning; feel sad, grieve | |
| TUUPAAPAKU | Corpse, cadaver | |
| TUUPUNA | Plural of tupuna, grandparent | |
| TUUTUU | Large crab with big red spots (Carpilius sp.) | |
| TUUTUU-AKAU.* | Crab sp: *tuutuua(k)au | |
| UA-LOTO | Centre, middle | |
| UA.1 | Vein, artery, tendon, sinew: *ua(ua) | |
| UA.2 | Levering or prying action | |
| UA.3 | Yes: *ua(a) | |
| UAKI | Type of spear | |
| UALOLO | Crowded | |
| UE.A | Shake something backwards and forward; jiggle; agitate | |
| UE.B | Stir up the mind, arouse attention or interest | |
| UFI | Ashamed | |
| UFU.1 | Masturbate | |
| UFU.2 | Pull up, pull out, untie | |
| UGA | Send, order | |
| UHI | Tattooing instrument | |
| UI | Call out to | |
| UKA-MEA | Iron | |
| UKA.A | Cord, bowstring, fishing line |
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