Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ASI | Sandalwood (Santalum sp.) | |
| ASOGAA | Shrub sp. (Pipturus sp.) | |
| ASU | Smoke | |
| ATA-FAI | Kind and gentle: *(q)atafa(q)i | |
| ATA-LIKI | Son of a man (Clk) | |
| ATA-RAGI | Some celestial or atmospheric phenomenon | |
| ATA-RAU | ||
| ATA.1 | Dawn: *ata(ata) | |
| ATA.2 | Carefully and deliberately | |
| ATE.2 | A shrub (Wedelia [=Wollastonia] biflora) (Clk) | |
| ATI.1 | Narrative conjunction, then: *(a)ti | |
| ATI.2 | Keep a lookout for, wait for | |
| ST | ATIGI.* | Empty container |
| ATO | Ascend | |
| ATU | Postposed particle indicating direction away from speaker | |
| ATU-MATA | Mesh of net | |
| ATUA | A night of the lunar cycle | |
| ATUA-LOA | Centipede | |
| AU-MISI | Grieve | |
| AU-SI-AFI | Smoke n. (Rby) | |
| AU.1 | First person singular pronoun (independent) | |
| CK | AU.2 | Plural marker |
| AUGA | A skin condition (Rby) | |
| AUTA | Restless sleep | |
| AUTE | Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) | |
| AVA | Collection, pair: *ava(a) | |
| AVEA | Wait a moment (Hwd) | |
| AWA | Channel, passage through reef | |
| AWA-AWA | Small opening in reef (Rby) | |
| AWATEA.* | Late morning to early afternoon, midday | |
| AWE.A | Hair, strand of hair or thread | |
| AWE.B | Tail of comet | |
| E KORE | Negative (future or non-past) | |
| E-IA | Here (it) is | |
| E-TASI | Certain (ones), particular but unspecified ones, others: *e(e)-tasi | |
| E...ANA | Continuous aspect marker | |
| E.1A | Non-past verbal particle: *(q)e(e) | |
| E.1B | Numeral particle | |
| E.2 | Preposition marking agent: *(q)e | |
| E.3 | Vocative particle (pre- or postposed): *e(e) | |
| EE | Yes | |
| EE-IA | These (near speaker) | |
| EE-LAA | Plural demonstrative pronoun. Those, over there, yonder. | |
| EE-NAA | Plural demonstrative pronoun near addressee. Those, by you. | |
| EE-NEI | These (near speaker) | |
| EFE | Coconut refuse | |
| EFU.1 | Dust n; dusty, dirty, unclear | |
| EFU.2 | Finely woven mat | |
| EI | Vocative | |
| ENE.1 | Do tentatively or carefully: *(faka)ene(ene) |
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