Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KAATAKI | Endure, bear (pain etc.); be patient | |
| KAATOA-GA | Large feast | |
| KAATOA.* | All, whole | |
| KAAVEI | Name of a constellation (Rby) | |
| KAAWE-A | Be carried away emotionally: *ka(a)we-a | |
| KAE | Saliva, drool | |
| KAFA-GA | Loop of coconut fibre around the feet used for climbing coconut trees: *ka(a)fa9a | |
| KAFA-KAFA.* | A fish, perhaps small-sized kafa | |
| KAFA.1 | Sennit, coconut husk fibre | |
| KAFA.2 | Strong, great | |
| KAFA.3 | Diamond-scaled mullet (Mugil vaigiensis) | |
| KAFI | Invite | |
| KAFIKA | Tree sp., Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense) | |
| KAFO | Wounded, injured; injury, wound | |
| KAFOTA | Sweat | |
| KAFU.A | To cover, covering (esp. of person); clothing, put on clothing | |
| KAFU.B | Cawl, foetal membrane, organic membrane *kafu(kafu) | |
| KAFUSU.* | (Barringtonia sp.) | |
| KAGA | To place a curse on someone | |
| KAGO | Wasted; bare; undeveloped | |
| KAHA.1 | To burn (intransitive): *(ka)kaha | |
| KAHA.2 | Spell, sorcery | |
| KAHI | Flow, trickle | |
| KAHORE | Negative marker: *ka(a)(h)ore | |
| KAI-FAKA-RUAKI | Proper name of a mythical monster | |
| KAI-GA.A | Meal, feast | |
| KAI-GA.B | Food refuse, esp. of chewed food | |
| KAI-HAQA.A | Steal | |
| KAI-HAQA.B | Savage, wicked; cannibal | |
| KAI-LALAO | Immoral behaviour | |
| TO | KAI-LUU | Eat scraps |
| KAI-MAALIE | Generous: *kai-ma(a)lie | |
| KAI-PUNU | Selfish *kaip(e, o, u)nu | |
| KAI-SAU | Enjoy benefits without personal effort | |
| KAI-SIQI | Beg, cadge | |
| KAI-TAGI | Jealous; sullen | |
| KAI-TAQE | "Eat feces" - exclamation of abuse or contempt | |
| KAI-TAUA | To be angry, warlike: Kai-taua | |
| KAI-UU | Baby before weaning | |
| KAI.1A | Food, eat: *kai-nga, *kai-na | |
| KAI.1B | To spread, erode (of an ulcer or sore)(Clk): *(ka)kai | |
| KAI.2 | Tree, wood | |
| KAI.3 | Suffer, experience | |
| KAI.4 | Game, points scored in a game | |
| KAI.5 | People of a place; to people a place, occupy, inhabit | |
| KAI.7 | Preposed verbal particle of continuity; still, yet: *k(a,e)i | |
| KAI.8 | Negative imperative, caveat | |
| KAIHUE | To steal | |
| KAILAO | Club-like weapon; dance using this weapon | |
| KAILE.1 | A kind of wild yam |
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