Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
HIGOA Name
CK HII-KARO Extract, gouge out: (f,s)iikaro
CK HIIKOKE Thin
HIKO-FI Tongs, pincers (Clk)
HILA A term referring to some kinds of health problems
HILI To place or be placed on top of something; be caught in a high place; (of canoe) run aground
HINA Light up an area with torchlight; fish with lights
HINAGA Fish sp., whitebait
HINI Faint (of voice): *(f,s)ini
HIRI.1 To dye with dye obtained from bark: *(f, s)iri
HIRI.2 Arrange paving stones
HIWA.1 Nine
HIWA.2 Distant place
TO HO-QATAA Noon, midday
HOA Pair, couple
HOFI Desire, yearn for
HOGAHOGA Nettle (Laportea interrupta) or other stinging plant; painful *hog(a,o)hog(a,o)
HOGE Famine
TO HOHOFI Smell strong(ly)
HOKA.1 Rafter(s)
HOKA.2 Husk coconuts on a pointed stake
HOKO.1 Arrive at, reach; happen
HOKO.2 Hinge of bivalve
HOLI Desire, long for
TO HOO Pant
HOOPARA Push (away)
HOORUA Sled, sliding game
HOROEKA A tree: *(f, s)oro(w)eka
HOROGA Gift, give
HOTO Anger; strong negative emotion
HOU Sweat
HOUPO An internal organ
HUERO Seed
HUGA Subordinate person
HUHU Breast, milk
HUI Bone
HUI-MATUQA Spine, backbone
HUI-TUQA Spine, backbone
HUKU Dive, submerge
HULI.1 Fish sp
HULI.2* Shoot of a plant, sprout
HUQA To be rising or high (of the tide)
HUQI.1 Take off a garment; take something off a hook or peg; pick pandanus fruit
huri- Element in words for 'hurricane, cyclone'
HURU-MAKI Insert, put in
HURU-MANU A social category
HURU.A Enter
HURU.B Enter into, possess (as a spirit does a person)
HUU-WAI A shellfish
HUU.1 Ask, enquire (vi)

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