Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
KIFU Run swiftly
KIHA Tight, tense (bodily sensation)
TT KII-TAKE White tern
KII.1 Say, speak
KII.2 Full
KIINAKI.* To eat with another food as relish; food so eaten:*kii(n,t)aki
KIISAI Negative, did not
KIKI.1 Food eaten with another food as relish
KIKI.2 Stiff
KIKII Squeak, squeal
KIKILA Shine, glisten
KIKO.A Flesh
KIKO.B Female genitalia
KILA.1 Exposed, bare, bald, barren
KILA.2 Open eyes wide, stare: *(ki)kila
KILI-KILI Gravel, usually coral rubble
KILI.1 Skin (n) (of animal, fruit); bark (of tree)
KILI.2 Saw, file, rasp
KILIA Prone to anger, burn with anger
KILO Look (sideways) at
KIMAA- First person exclusive marker
KIMI.* Seek
KIMO.* Wink
KIMOA Rat
KINA-KINA.* Amnion
KINA.1 Sea-urchin
KINA.2 Bevelled edge of a blade (Rby)
KINA.3 Food eaten with another food as relish
NO KINA.4 Place
KINAU Persist against something: *ki(i)nau
KINI.1 Nip, pinch
KINI.2A Slash, beat down
KINI.2B Blow strongly, of wind (Rby)
KINO Bad
KINO-KINO Disgusted, upset
KIO-KIO Bonefish (Albula sp.)
KIO.1A Chirp, cheep
KIO.1B Young bird; bird sp.
KIO.2 Slave, refugee, defeated person
KIOLE Rat
KIRI-A-TAI Surface of the sea
KIRI-GUTU Lip(s)
KIRITI Convulsive movement
KISA Pant, gasp
KISI-KISI Oxalis spp
KISI.1 Dwarf; stunted
CK KISI.2 Insect sp.
KISU Spit out, spray out from mouth
KITA.1 First person singular pronoun (independent, affectively marked form)
KITA.2A Tensed, as a muscle, a grip

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