Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
GULU Grunt, rumble
GUTU-FARE Relatives
GUTU-KAO A porpoise or perhaps a shark
GUTU-LEI Booby (Sula sp.)
GUTU-LIMU Fish sp., possibly parrotfish
CK GUTU-PAA Doorway, entrance: *gutupaa ~ *guutupa
GUTU.A Mouth, lip, beak, orifice
GUTU.B Angry/scolding talk, chatter
GUU-FEKE Squid
GUU.1 Hum, groan, grunt
GUU.2 Squid
HAA.1 Interrogative, "what?", "why?"
HAA.2 Drive away
HAAGII Earth oven
CK HAAKARA Look at, observe
HAALIQA Shallows, passage between shoals
HAFA.A What?
HAFA.B Why? : *(a)i(se)hafa
HAFA.C Negative imperative: don't *a-i-hafa
HAGA.1 Span (measurement)
HAGA.2 Turn or face in a particular direction
HAGAFULU Ten
HAGAI Face towards, be opposite
CK HAGE A tree (Geniostoma sp.): (f,s)age
HAI Who?
HAKAU Coral reef
HAKE-GA Next generation; age class
HAKE.A Go up, rise, ascend, climb; go inland or towards shore
HAKE.B Upwards (post-verbal particle)
HAKE.C In temporal expressions
HAKU Garfish (Belonidae)
HALA Road, path
HALA-MATUQA Main road
HALA-TAKI To lead
HAMA Outrigger, outrigger float
HAMI Waist garment
HAMUMU ??: *(f, s)amumu
HANAA There (near you)
HAORE
HAPI Fish sp., Acanthurus guttatus, White-spotted surgeonfish
HAU Needle; tattooing needle
HAUKAFA Lash canoe
HAUPULU Use coconut husk fibre (for padding or caulking)
TO HE Specific article: *(h)e
HEGA Joint or that which is joined on
HEI Caught, entangled (like fish in a net)
TT HEIVA Activity
HEKE To mount, go on board, perch
HEKE-GA Sitting, standing or walking place
HEKEHEKE-QAGA Seat

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