Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TO | KUPU-TI | Embrace, put arms around |
| KUPU.1A | Piece, section, segment | |
| KUPU.1B | Word, phrase, saying -- any piece of language | |
| KUPU.1C | Curse, insult | |
| NO | KUPU.2 | South (wind) |
| KURIO | Dog | |
| KURIRI.* | Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) | |
| KUSA | Respiratory irregularity | |
| KUTA | A sedge (Eleocharis sp.) *kut(a,u) | |
| TR | KUTE | Red |
| KUTU-PAPA | Crab louse (Pthirus pubis) | |
| KUTU.1 | Louse | |
| KUTU.2 | Gather, assemble, collect; together | |
| KUU.1 | Fish sp, squirrelfish: *ku(q)u(ku(q)u) | |
| KUU.2 | Wet or rotten | |
| TO | KUU.3 | Short, cut off |
| KUUFAA | Thigh | |
| KUUKUPA | Fruit dove (Ptilinopus sp.) (Clk) | |
| KUUKUU.1 | Pigeon | |
| KUUPEE | Mucus | |
| LA-TOU.A | Third person plural preposed subject pronoun | |
| LAA-LAA | Dorsal fin of shark, etc. | |
| LAA-NUI | Big, large, extensive, important | |
| LAA-TOU | Third person plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)laa-tou | |
| LAA-UA | Third person dual independent pronoun: *(ki)laa-(r)ua | |
| LAA.1 | A sail | |
| LAA.2A | Third person dual preposed subject pronoun | |
| LAA.2B | Third person dual possessive suffix: *laa(ua) | |
| LAAKEI | Adorn, bedeck; ornament | |
| LAAMA-GA.* | Fish at night with torches | |
| LAATUQU | Depart under particular circumstance | |
| LAAWAKI | Deserted, abandoned | |
| LAFA | Ringworm | |
| LAFA-LAFA | Flat and/or broad: *la(fa)lafa | |
| LAFI.1 | Thin | |
| LAFI.2 | Keep close to, shelter, hide | |
| LAFI.3 | Paper mulberry, barkcloth | |
| LAFO.1 | Ceremonial presentation of wealth | |
| LAFO.2 | A throwing game played with discs | |
| LAFU.1 | Group of animals or birds (Rby) | |
| LAFU.2 | Prohibit | |
| LAFU.3 | In poor condition (surface of soil or body) | |
| LAGA-KALI | A tree (Aglaia sp.) | |
| LAGA.1A | Raise (up), lift | |
| LAGA.1B | Be afloat, buoyant | |
| LAGA.1C | Cultivate soil with a digging-stick (Rby) | |
| LAGA.1D | Raise (fig.), provoke, incite, start (a fight) | |
| LAGA.1E | Part of a house: *laga(i) (fale) | |
| LAGA.2 | Plait (as a mat, basket), weave: *(la)laga | |
| LAGA.3 | Hurt, painful |
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