Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KALEU.B | Turn, change direction | |
| KALEVE | Sap from inflorescence of coconut palm (Clk) | |
| KALEWELEWE | Cobweb, spider | |
| KALI-KAO | A univalve mollusc (Trochus sp.) | |
| KALI.1 | Wooden pillow | |
| KALI.2 | Dig, by scooping or scraping out | |
| KALI.3 | Penis | |
| KALIA | Double canoe | |
| KALISI.1A | Skink, a kind of lizard | |
| KALISI.1B | Insect sp. (cicada or cricket): *ka(a)lisi | |
| KALISI.2 | Rope used on fishing net; net sinker | |
| KALO-(QI)-AFI | Spark (from fire) | |
| KALO-AMA | Goatfish or Surmullet: *kalo(ama) | |
| KALO-KALO | Erythrina flower | |
| KALO.1 | Dodge, evade | |
| KALO.2 | A tree | |
| KALO.3 | Pick something out of a hole, excavate, dig out | |
| TO | KALO.4 | Stir |
| KALOLO | Bowstring; taut (as a bowstring, stay in rigging) | |
| KALU-KALU.A | Jellyfish | |
| KALU-KALU.B | Newborn infant | |
| KALU.A | Loose or wrinkled membrane or flesh surrounding a harder interior substance, as around seeds or the eyeball | |
| KALU.B | Viscous or clotted matter, e.g. mucus, clotted blood, dregs or residue | |
| KALU.C | Viscous, clotted, jelly-like | |
| KALU.D | Loose, slack, wrinkled; skin of foetus, newborn or elderly person | |
| KAMA-KAMA.1 | Crab sp: *ka(ma)-kama | |
| CC | KAMA-KAMA.2 | Fish sp |
| KAMA.1 | Talkative | |
| KAMA.2 | Burn, afire, alight | |
| KAMAI | Fish sp., Rainbow Runner (Elegatis bipinnulatus) | |
| KAMATA.1 | Begin | |
| TO | KAMATA.2 | Taste |
| KAMI.1 | Open and shut mouth, gills | |
| KAMI.2 | To desire something | |
| NO | KAMI.3 | Run or walk in a particular way |
| KAMO.1 | Beckon; make sign with hand or eye | |
| KAMO.2 | Steal; approach or take by stealth | |
| KAMU.1 | Chew, munch | |
| KAMU.2 | Cut off | |
| KAMU.3 | Coral | |
| KANA-KANA-QA-LAGI | Fish sp. | |
| KANA.1 | A kind of sponge used as an abrasive; to polish with such | |
| KANA.2 | Stare at; give the evil eye | |
| KANAGA | Joke, personal taunt | |
| KANAHE | Mullet | |
| KANAPU.1 | Seabird (Sula sp.) | |
| KANAPU.2 | Lightning | |
| KANAWA | A tree (Cordia subcordata): *ka(a)nawa | |
| KANE-KANE | Anus | |
| KANIWA | The Milky Way |
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