Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AFAGA | Public space near sea; foreshore common ground kept clear as landing-place etc | |
| AFE.1A | Deviate, turn aside | |
| AFE.1B | Stir, as a light body in the wind | |
| AFE.2 | Thousand | |
| AFI.1 | Fire | |
| AFI.2 | Open by pulling (body part, esp. eye); colloquial term for 'eye' | |
| AFIAFI | Evening, late afternoon | |
| AFO | Cord, especially fishing line | |
| AFU-AFU | Drizzle; light rain | |
| AFU.1 | Offspring | |
| AFU.2 | Shoot or sucker | |
| AFU.3 | Resemble, be similar to (Rby) | |
| AGA | Habit, custom, way of acting | |
| AGE | Particle of direction away from speaker and hearer; also used to express comparison | |
| AGI.1 | Blow (of wind, breeze) | |
| AGI.2 | Unencumbered, unhampered | |
| CK | AGI.3 | A plant (Coprosma sp.) |
| AGO.A | A plant, turmeric (Curcuma longa) | |
| AGO.B | Make lines; set limits on, delimit, demarcate | |
| AHO | Breath | |
| AI-TAGA | Descendants, progeny | |
| AI.1 | Postposed verbal particle, oblique case anaphor | |
| AI.2 | Exist, be there > have *(i-)ai | |
| AISE | Debris cast up by sea or river; jetsam: *a(a)i(f, s)(e,a) | |
| AKA-TASA | Herb sp. (Rorippa sarmentosa): *aka-tas(a,i) | |
| AKA.A | Root n | |
| RO | AKA.B | Creeper sp., kudzu (Pueraria lobata) |
| AKE.A | Tree sp: *ake(ake) | |
| AKE.B | Banana variety | |
| LO | AKERISI | Locust |
| AKI | Beat, pound | |
| AKIAKI.A | A tern (probably White Tern, Gygis alba) | |
| AKIAKI.B | Clear, white | |
| AKILI | Remove from a container, take out of: *(q)akili | |
| AKO | Learn, teach | |
| AKO-NAKI | Teach, instruct | |
| AKU | Scrape out with hands | |
| AKU-AKU | Thin (of person) | |
| ALA-FIA | Touch, take in hand | |
| ALA-TI | To scratch an itch | |
| ALAALA | Fish sp. (Carangidae): *(q)ala(q)ala | |
| CO | ALAALA-FUTU | A fish |
| ALAFI | To lead | |
| ALAGA.A | Limb, tool, weapon (Clk) | |
| TO | ALAGA.B | Rigging and gear of a vessel |
| ALAKISI.* | Cicada | |
| ALEALE.A | Weak with hunger; nausea | |
| ALEALE.B | Concave, hollow; thin (of solid) | |
| ALEALE.C | Thin, clear, transparent (of liquid) | |
| ALETUU | Tomorrow (Rby) |
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