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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