Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KAWA-SUSU | A shrub (Tephrosia purpurea) used to poison fish: *ka(wa,u)susu | |
| KAWA.1A | Plant sp. (Piper methysticum) and drink made from it | |
| KAWA.1B | Sour, bitter | |
| KAWA.1C | The occasion of drinking *kava*, and its associated ritual | |
| KAWA.2 | Beard | |
| KAWA.3 | A fish: Kawa(kawa) | |
| TT | KAWAKE | Moon, month |
| KAWE-AU | ||
| KAWE-GA | Load, burden | |
| KAWE-KAWE-HAA | Long-tailed cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis) | |
| KAWE.1A | Tentacle (of octopus etc.) | |
| KAWE.1B | String, thread; ray of light; other elongated objects | |
| KAWE.2A | To carry something | |
| KAWE.2B | Straps for carrying something on the back | |
| KAWE.3 | Persist | |
| KAWE.4 | Sibling of opposite sex | |
| KAWEI | Carrying cord, handle: *ka(a)wei | |
| KAWEIGA | That which is steered for (usually a star) | |
| KAWEKA | Bird sp. (Sterna sp.) | |
| KAWEU. | Coconut crab (Birgus latro) | |
| KAWIKI | Crab sp., ghost crab (Ocypode sp.) | |
| KE | Verbal particle introducing subordinate clauses; in order to, so that | |
| KEA.1 | Thrush (throat infection): *ke(q)a | |
| KEA.2 | Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | |
| KEA.3 | Breadfruit sp | |
| KEE.1 | Second person singular preposed subject pronoun: *ke(e) | |
| KEE.2 | Quarrel | |
| KEEKEE | Armpit | |
| KEFU | Light-coloured (blond, brown, reddish) especially of hair | |
| KEGO | Pitch dark | |
| KEHE | Different, be different, other | |
| KEHO.1 | Sharp point | |
| KEHO.2 | A kind of stone (Clk): *ke(f,s)o | |
| KEI | Locative particle, at | |
| KEKE | Stiff, hard, inflexible | |
| KEKE-KEKE | (Type of) noise or motion | |
| KEKEE | Cry loudly | |
| KEKESO | Marine sp | |
| KEKO | Squint | |
| KELA | Dirty | |
| KELE-A | Dirty: *kele(kele)-a | |
| KELE-MUTU | Earthworm, grub | |
| KELE.A | Earth, dirt, soil: *kele(kele) | |
| KELE.B | Dirty, soiled, unclean: *kele(kele) | |
| KELE.C | Dark, black: *kele(-kele) | |
| KELI | Dig v | |
| KELO.1A | Sink down, sunken, deep | |
| KELO.1B | Dead, or dying | |
| KELO.2 | Close one eye, wink, look out of one eye | |
| KELO.3 | Reddish-brown |
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