Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KAU-MATUA | Elderly man: *kauma(a)tu(q)a | |
| KAU-MEQA | Associate, friend | |
| KAU-MOANA | Sailor, mariner | |
| KAU-NA | Order, command, send on an errand | |
| KAU-NATI.* | Fire-bed used with fire-plough to produce fire by friction | |
| KAU-NATU | Fire-plough | |
| KAU-QAA | Fence, wall | |
| KAU-QAHE | Cheek, chin, jawbone | |
| KAU-QALIKI | Tree sp. (Terminalia) | |
| KAU-QAMO | Shoulder carrying pole | |
| KAU-QULI | A tree (Diospyros samoensis) *(kau)kau-quli | |
| KAU-RIMA | Fireplough | |
| KAU-TAA | Small wooden implement, probably drum-stick | |
| KAU-TALIGA | Ear-lobe | |
| KAU-WAI | Bank of a stream or other body of water | |
| KAU-WAKA | Crew of a canoe: *kau-waka | |
| KAU.1 | Swim | |
| KAU.2A | Bunch, cluster | |
| KAU.2B | Group of people, company | |
| KAU.2C | Counter classifier for various things, 20 general | |
| KAU.3 | Wood, timber | |
| KAU.4 | Stalk, stem, handle | |
| KAU.5 | Edge, side | |
| KAU.6 | First person singular preposed subject pronoun | |
| KAU.7 | Take part, join | |
| KAU.8 | Type of fish hook | |
| KAUA | Negative imperative | |
| CK | KAUERE | A tree |
| KAUFAU | An ordered list or recitation | |
| KAUII.* | Left (not right) | |
| KAULU | Head of a tree | |
| KAUNA-GA | Servant, slave | |
| KAUNUNU | Name of a lunar month | |
| KAUPAPA | Rock platform or shelf | |
| KAURAKA | Mark of negative imperative; do not | |
| KAUTE | A flowering shrub (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | |
| KAUTUKU.* | Bird sp., probably a heron | |
| KAV-AGE | Give, take, send (to third person) | |
| KAV-AKE | Give, take (up, away) | |
| KAV-ATU | Give, take (to hearer) | |
| KAVA | Grave (n) | |
| KAVAU | Quarrel | |
| KAVEI | Tentacle of octopus etc.: *ka(a)vei | |
| KAVITI.1 | Crab sp., ghost crab (Ocypode sp.) | |
| KAVITI.2 | Point attached to a trolling lure | |
| KAWA-KAWA | Plant (Piper or Macropiper sp.) | |
| KAWA-KAWA-QATUA | Shrub or vine (Piper sp.) | |
| KAWA-PUI | Plant sp., ginger (Zingiber) | |
| KAWA-PUSI.* | A fragrant plant | |
| KAWA-SASA | A creeper used to poison fish (Derris trifoliata) |
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