Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KITA.2B | Relapse following an illness | |
| KITAA- | First person inclusive marker | |
| KITE.A | See, know: *kite-a | |
| KITE.B | To appear, be 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 | |
| KO-TAKE | A bird | |
| KO-TASI.* | One | |
| KO-TOU | Second person plural preposed subject pronoun | |
| KO-TUTO | To be pleased with oneself | |
| KO.1 | Preposition marking topic, nominal predicate and other functions; specifier | |
| KO.2 | Progressive aspect marker | |
| KOA.1 | Post-posed emphatic particle | |
| KOA.2 | Glad | |
| KOA.3 | Scum or froth on water | |
| KOAMA.* | Young Goatfish (Mulloidycthys) | |
| KOATA | A small gap or point | |
| KOE | Second person singular pronoun (independent) | |
| KOEKOE | Intestines | |
| KOERE | Fresh-water eel: *k(ou)ere | |
| KOFE-KOFE | Plant sp. | |
| KOFE.A | Bamboo sp | |
| KOFE.B | Artefact of bamboo | |
| KOFI | Gather, collect | |
| KOFU.1A | Wrap up; covering; parcel (esp. of food) | |
| KOFU.1B | Clothing, especially that put on over the head | |
| CK | KOFU.1C | Cook |
| KOFU.2 | Mist, fog, steam, spray, dust (in air), smoke; to give off or be covered with mist etc. | |
| KOGA | Fragment, part; place | |
| KOGA-A-LOTO | Middle portion, centre | |
| KOHI | Chatter, talk nonsense: *koh(i,e) | |
| KOHO | Digging stick, husking stake: *ko(h,s)o | |
| KOI-GA | Boundary | |
| CK | KOI-KOI | Clitoris, uvula |
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