Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| KITA.2B | Relapse following an illness | |
| KITAA- | First person inclusive marker | |
| KITE | See, appear, know | |
| KITE-A | Visible, in sight | |
| KITI | Spurt | |
| KITIKITI-VAI | Dragonfly | |
| KIU.1 | Plover or other wading bird | |
| KIU.2 | A large number | |
| KIU.3 | Tapering | |
| KIVA | Sharp-pointed object | |
| KIWA.1 | Dark hue, black | |
| KIWA.2A | A fern (Asplenium) | |
| KIWA.2B | Frigate bird | |
| KIWI.1* | Shore bird sp. (probably Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)) | |
| KIWI.2 | Blind or partially sighted; close the eyes | |
| KO-IA | That's it, that's right. Conjunction: so, therefore: *ko ia (ai) | |
| KO-LAA | Locative Demonstrative. Over there, yonder, away from speaker and addressee. | |
| KO-LUA | Second person dual preposed subject pronoun: *ko-lu(a) | |
| KO-NAA | Locative demonstrative. There, near you. | |
| KO-NEI | Here, this place, locative demonstrative. | |
| KO-PIKO | Crooked, zigzag | |
| KO-SUKI | Twist, turn : *ko(o)suki |
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