Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FORE | Peel or strip (as skin or bark): *fo(r,l)e | |
| FOSA.1 | Son | |
| FOSA.2 | Grow large tubers; form tubers | |
| FOTA.1A | Squeeze | |
| CC | FOTA.1B | Gasp for breath |
| FOTA.2 | Fishtrap | |
| FOTA.3 | Hollow out (Rby): *fot(a, o) | |
| FOTO | Barb of stingray | |
| FOTU.1 | Appear, emerge | |
| CK | FOTU.2 | Sob: *(f,s)otu |
| FOTU.3A | Hole that goes right through, perforation, puncture | |
| FOTU.3B | Genital orifice | |
| FOTU.4 | Night of full moon (the middle of the lunar cycle) | |
| FOTUQA | Fish sp. | |
| FUA-.2 | Numeral prefix meaning "ten" | |
| FUA-FUA.1 | First (preposed adverb) | |
| FUA-KOO | Sea bird sp. | |
| FU | FUA-QEFA | Large (Rby) |
| FUA-QI- | Unitizing prefix | |
| FUA-QI-TINO | Body (Rby) | |
| FUA-TAGA.2 | Unit of measurement (Rby): *fuata(g)a | |
| FUA-TASA | Only child | |
| FUA-TUU | Plantain (Musa sp.): Fu(a, e)-tuu | |
| FUA.1A | Weigh, measure; size | |
| FUA.1B | Carry on shoulder | |
| FUA.3A | Fruit; to bear fruit; egg | |
| FUA.3B | Testicles | |
| FUA.3C | A night of the waxing moon | |
| FUA.3D | Part of a clam; fish eggs, roe | |
| FUA.3E | Classifier | |
| FUA.4 | Fleet of canoes | |
| FUA.5A | Only, merely | |
| FUA.5B | Naked | |
| FUA.6 | Gather leaves, especially for thatching | |
| FUA.7 | Commence a chant or song | |
| FUAAGA | Relative, kinsman | |
| FUAFUA.2A | Pimple | |
| FUAFUA.2B | Swelling (body part) | |
| FUAFUA.3 | Young mullet or mullet-like fish sp (Rby) | |
| FUAQA | Jealous | |
| SF | FUATA-GALU | Waves which break on the reef |
| FUATA.1A | Shaft of a spear | |
| FUATA.1B | Type of net, or part of net | |
| FUATA.2 | Crop, especially breadfruit | |
| CO | FUATAGA.1 | Ritual song (Rby) |
| FUE.1A | A seashore creeping vine | |
| FUE.1B | Calabash-gourd (Lagenaria) | |
| FUE.2 | Fly whisk, fan | |
| FUFU.1 | Wood-eating grub | |
| FUFU.2 | Strip off |
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