Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
Level | Reconstruction | Description |
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FAQELE | Mother of (newborn) child; childbirth *faqele(qele) | |
FAQELU | Wipe anus | |
FAQI | Rite, perform ritual: *fa(q)i | |
FAQI-AVA | Channel, passage through reef (Clk) | |
FAQI-FAQI-TAKI | Imitate | |
FAQI-TOTOKA | Entrance, doorway: *faqi-(to)toka | |
FAQO.1A | Peg used for fastening, wooden nail | |
FAQO.1B | Put into, pack in *(fa)faqo | |
FAQO.1C | Bore a hole, perforate, hole | |
FAQO.2 | Lie facing up or down (with directionals) | |
FAQU-LUA | Sea-going craft, probably specifically a double-canoe *f(a,o)qu-lua | |
FAQU.1 | Tie, lash; build | |
FAQU.2 | Garland for head, headband | |
FARA | Pandanus | |
FARO.1 | Scrape, rub | |
FARO.2A | Stretch (by pulling), tighten lashing | |
FARO.2B | Stretch (the body); stretch out a limb; stretch to see or reach | |
FARU.1 | Pillage, take by force | |
FARU.2 | Soft mud | |
FASA | Insane | |
FASI.A | Split, cleave: *fa((q)a)si | |
FASI.B | Cut (yams, taro) in pieces | |
FASI.C | Beat, kill | |
FASU | Sister's son | |
FATA-FATA | Chest, upper body | |
CK | FATA-MIRA | A raised seat or platform: Fata-mira |
FATA.1 | Shelf, platform | |
FATA.2 | Gape; gap | |
FATA.3 | Prepare an oven for lighting | |
FATARA | Platform, stage; food storage structure | |
FATI-GA | Joint, esp. knee or elbow | |
FATI-GA-LEQO | Larynx, voice | |
FATI-UKU | Unit of measure from outstretched hand to bend of the other elbow (Clk) | |
FATI.A | Break, be broken (including a wave) | |
FATI.B | Bend, curve, form an angle | |
FATI.C | Turn | |
FATI.D | Tune, melody | |
FATITILI.* | Thunder: *fa(a)(ti)tili | |
SF | FATOTO | Eat then! (Term used in anger) |
FATU-AKI | Begin weaving; plan | |
FATU-GA.2 | Edge, border (of mat or garment) | |
FATU-KALAA | Kind of volcanic stone | |
FATU-MANAVA | Heart | |
FATU-QARIKI | High chief | |
FATU-TILI | Thunder | |
FATU.1A | Weave, plait | |
FATU.1B | Compose, construct, invent | |
FATU.1C | To fold: (*fa-fatu, *fatu-qi) | |
FATU.2A | Stone | |
FATU.2B | Kidney |
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