Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KANO-FI-MATA | Eyeball: *kano-((f,q)i)-(mata) | |
| KANO-FI-NIFO | Gums (gingivae): *kano(-fi)-nifo | |
| KANO-KANO | Wasp | |
| KANO-MATE | Meat, esp. lean meat | |
| KANO-WAKA | Crew of canoe | |
| KANO.1A | Flesh (of plant or animal); substance, or essential part of anything; seed, kernel | |
| KANO.1B | Social group | |
| FU | KANO.2 | Unwilling, reluctant |
| KANOFI | Flesh of fruit or animal | |
| KANOPOGI | Bereavement | |
| KANU | Pattern, design (e.g. on pottery, tapa, tattooing)(Clk) | |
| KANUME | A tree (Diospyros sp.) | |
| KAO-KAO | Side, rib; analogous parts of a house or canoe *(hui) kaokao | |
| KAO.1 | New shoot; to sprout | |
| KAO.2 | Dried food, such as sweet potato, taro or fish | |
| KAO.3 | Green heron (Butorides striatus) (Clk) | |
| KAO.4 | Slender, narrow: *(ka-)kao | |
| KAPA-KAPA.A | Flap wings *kapa(-kapa) | |
| KAPA-KAPA.B | Lateral fin, flipper (Clk) | |
| KAPA-KAU | Wing | |
| KAPA-TIKO | Fish sp. (Lethrinus sp.) (Rsr) | |
| KAPA.1 | Stretch out hands, reach for, grasp (Clk): *ka(ka)pa | |
| KAPA.2 | Dance | |
| KAPA.3 | Flash; sudden motion (Clk) | |
| KAPA.4 | Make a first attempt at something (Clk) | |
| KAPA.5 | Edge, side, border | |
| KAPANINI | Coconut leaf wall mats | |
| KAPE.1 | A plant (Alocasia macrorrhiza) | |
| KAPE.2 | Take out, pick out | |
| KAPE.3 | Ward off, parry | |
| KAPI-KAPI.* | Jellyfish sp | |
| KAPI.A | Hold firmly between two things *kapi-ti(a) | |
| KAPI.B | Wedge (n,v) | |
| KAPI.C | Packed tight, completely filled, occupied, covered; narrow, tight *kapi-ti(a) | |
| CO | KAPIA | Lime, calcium carbonate |
| KAPO.1 | Catch, grasp | |
| KAPO.2 | A bird (Heteroscelus incanus) | |
| KAPOA | Catfish (Plotosus sp.) : *ka(a)poa | |
| KAPOGA | Fin of fish | |
| CC | KAPU-A.* | Cloud: *kapu-a |
| CC | KAPU-LOLO | Skull, brain |
| KAPU.1A | Cup-like container | |
| KAPU.1B | Palm of hand, sole of foot | |
| KAPU.2 | Spread over, surround, envelop | |
| KAPUTI | Flower bud, leaf sheath *kaput(i,u) | |
| KARAA-MEA | A kind of stone | |
| KARAEA | Red ochre, red clay or earth | |
| KARAKIA | Incantation, charm | |
| KARAKO | Bird sp., petrel | |
| KARAPOGA | Throat |
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