Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KEMO | Wink, blink | |
| KENA.1A | Light-coloured | |
| KENA.1B | Booby (Sula sp.) | |
| CK | KENA.1C | Dry, unproductive |
| KENA.1D | Glowing; red-hot | |
| KENU | Disturb earth (especially with foot); dig | |
| CK | KERE-PURU | Sodden |
| KERE-TUU | A kind of stone | |
| KESA | A colour term denoting pale, unsaturated colours | |
| KESE | Different | |
| KETA.* | Tight, stiff; be stubborn | |
| KETAHA.* | Bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus) | |
| KETE-KETE | Chirp, chatter (of birds); cluck (as hen); click with tongue | |
| KETE.A | Bag, basket | |
| KETE.B | Belly | |
| KETO. | Rotten | |
| KETU.1 | Turn over, lift up, root up, rummage | |
| KETU.2 | Limp; lame | |
| KEU-KEU | Foot, paw (of animal) | |
| KEU.A | Push away, shift something; reject or refuse | |
| KEU.B | Turn (head or body), turn away, look to the side | |
| KEU.C | Move (vi, vt) | |
| KEU.D | Playful | |
| KEWA.1 | Stiffness (of body), convulsion, rigor | |
| KEWA.2 | Impaired vision | |
| KI-KITE | See into the future, have second-sight | |
| KI-LAA | Locative Demonstrative. Over there, yonder, away from speaker and addressee. | |
| KI-LAA-RUA | Third person dual pronoun (independent) | |
| KI-LAA-UTOLU | Third person plural pronoun (independent) | |
| KI-MAA-RUA | First person exclusive dual pronoun (independent) | |
| KI-MAA-UTOLU | First person exclusive plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)maa-utolu | |
| KI-MO-RUA | Second person dual pronoun (independent): *(ki)mo-rua | |
| KI-MO-UTOLU | Second person plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)mo-utolu | |
| KI-NAA | Locative demonstrative: there (near you) | |
| KI-NAA-RUA | Third person dual pronoun (independent): *(ki)naa-(r)ua | |
| KI-NAA-UTOLU | Third person plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)naa-(u)tolu | |
| KI-NEI | Here, this place | |
| KI-TAA-RUA | First person inclusive dual pronoun (independent) | |
| KI-TAA-UTOLU | First person inclusive plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)taa-utolu | |
| KI.1 | Preposition marking goal or recipient: to, towards | |
| KI.2 | Preposition marking instrument: with | |
| KIA.1A | Desiderative verbal particle | |
| KIA.1B | Subordinate conjunction: when, if | |
| TO | KIA.2 | Neck, throat |
| KIATO | Outrigger boom | |
| KIE-KIE.A | Fine-woven garment | |
| KIE-KIE.B | Plant sp. (Freycinetia) | |
| KIE.A | Pandanus sp. used for making fine mats | |
| KIE.B | Kilt or skirt; mat worn as such | |
| KIE.C | Sail of a boat |
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