Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
KUHA Long for someone: *ku(f,s)a
KUHANE Ghost, soul, spirit: *ku(f,s)ane
KUHU Stutter or other speech difficulty
KUI.1 Blind
KUI.2 Elderly female (CE), grandparent, ancestor (TON)
KUIA A sea-bird
KUKA.1 Mangrove Crab
KUKA.2
KUKINA Sound of impact; some aspect of vocal sound
KUKU.1A Grasp, hold in the hand
KUKU.1B Draw together, bunch things together, ruck up
KUKU.2 Mussel sp
KUKU.3 Strip off, as leaves, bark
KULA-KULA Red, inflamed skin
KULA.1A Red
KULA.1B Bird spp
KULA.1C Precious; treasure
KULA.2 Circumcision
KULAPO Fish sp.
KULII Dog
KULO Cooking-pot
KULU-KULU.1 A dove (Ptilinopus sp.)
KULU-KULU.2 A kind of yam
KULU-KULU.3 Tree sp. (Meryta macrophylla) (Grf)
KULU.1 Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
KULU.2 Apply force to, strike
KULUKI Strain to breaking point
ST KUMA Finished, done
KUMAA Rat
KUMALA.1 Sweet Potato (Ipomoea): *ku(u)mala
KUMALA.2 Petrel sp
KUME.1 Pull, haul
KUME.2 Pain; be in pain
KUMETE Wooden bowl
KUMI-KUMI Beard, chin: *kum(i,u)kum(i,u)
KUMI.1 Ten fathom measure
KUMI.2 Seek
KUMI.3A Squeeze in the hand, grasp
KUMI.3B Strangle
KUMIKUMI-A Fish sp. (Polydactylus)
KUMU.1* Express, wring out; clench fist
KUMU.2 Rinse the mouth; hold liquid in mouth
CK KUMUKUMU.2 A fish
KUNE Swell, as with pregnancy
NO KUNU Shellfish sp.
KUO-KUO White
KUPA Exhausted, enfeebled
KUPE
KUPEGA Net
KUPETI Stencil used to mark motifs on tapa cloth

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