Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| KAILE.2 | Coconut growth stage: *ka(i,e)le | |
| KAILOA | No | |
| KAINAGA | Some social group, perhaps commoners as opposed to aristocracy | |
| KAIORE | Immature (of fruit) | |
| KAIPEA.* | Land crab sp. (Hwd) | |
| CK | KAIRANGI | ?? |
| KAKA.1A | Clothlike fibre surrounding base of coconut fronds | |
| KAKA.1B | Envelope enclosing a part of animal or plant | |
| KAKA.2 | ||
| KAKAI.1 | People of one place or kind | |
| KAKAI.2 | Story, legend | |
| KAKALA | Fragrant | |
| KAKALA-LUU | Stink-roach or other roach sp | |
| KAKAMIKA | Herb spp. (Ageratum and Siegesbeckia) | |
| KAKAWA | Sweat, be sweaty | |
| KAKE | Climb | |
| KAKE-GA | Ladder, steps: *ka(a)kega | |
| KAKII.* | Throat, neck: *ka(a)kii | |
| KAKU.1 | Approach, attempt | |
| KAKU.2 | Scrape, scrape together | |
| KALA-MISI | Crab sp | |
| KALA.1 | Male genitalia | |
| KALA.2 | Smart, sting (as from iodine) | |
| KALAA | Hard, black, volcanic stone | |
| KALAE | Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) | |
| KALAGA | To call out (to someone) | |
| KALAKA | A tree (Planchonella sp.) | |
| FU | KALALA | Thin |
| KALALAA | Sizzle | |
| KALAPA | Fish sp. | |
| KALAQAFAU | Cheek | |
| KALAQAPUSI | A shrub sp. (Acalypha grandis) | |
| KALAWA.1 | Strand of fibre from outer skin of coconut frond midrib | |
| KALAWA.2 | Blood visible on the skin | |
| KALE-KALE.A | Agitated, disturbed (of sea or water surface) | |
| KALE.1 | A wave that ripples or breaks, rather than a swell; ripple; surface of water | |
| KALE.2 | To rush, be hasty | |
| KALEQA | A univalve shellfish sp | |
| KALEU.A | Agile, vigorous motion |
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