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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