Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
LALI.1 Gong
LALI.2 Wet
LALI.3 Fish sp
LALO-KOKA Placename
LALO.A Below, under
LALO.B West
LAMA.1 To watch for, to ambush
LAMA.2A Lamp-black, black dye, soot (Rby)
LAMA.2B A tree used to make torches
LAMU Chew
LANEA Abundant
LANU.A Be immersed, full; rise (of tide)
LANU.B Colour
LAO Tail of crustacean
LAOI Good: *la(w)oi
LAPA.1A Flat, broad: *lapa(lapa)
LAPA.1B Flat and/or broad object (e.g. paddle blade, buttress root, coral head): *lapa(lapa)
LAPA.2 Flash (of light); to flash
LAPA.3 Disordered or inappropriate speech
LAPAKAU Skilled, knowledgeable; an expert (Clk)
LAPE A fish, Wrasse
NO LAPIAO Fish sp.
LAPITI A tern (Sterna sumatrana) *(ta)lapiti
LAPU Knead to a pulp
LAQAA Sun
LAQAA-INA Exposed to sun, affected by sun
LAQALAQA-TEA Midday (Clk)
LAQE.A Forehead
CC LAQE.B Promontory, cape, headland
LAQOA To be choked
LAQOFIE Fine, of weather
LAQU.1 To get by hooking (as a fish), pinching between fingers
LAQU.2 Piece of yam for propagation
LASE Lime (coral)
LASI Numerous, large, great
LASO.A Scrotum and testicles
LASO.B Posterior portion of crustacean
LASU Lie, deceive
LATA.1 Tame, domesticated, familiar
LATA.2 A tree (Metrosideros sp.): *la(a)ta(a)
LAU-FALA Pandanus leaves for weaving; a type of pandanus
LAU-GA Public discourse, speech: *la(a)uga
LAU-GUTU Lips
LAU-HAKAU Area covered with reefs
LAU-LASI Broad
LAU-MANU Flock of birds (indicating a shoal of fish)
LAU-MEA Gills of fish
LAU-PAPA Broad flat surface
LAU-PATA Tree sp. (Macaranga sp.) (Ebt)
LAU-QEFA Wide

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