Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LEMO.2 | To slip | |
| LEMU | Anus | |
| LENA.1 | Stretch, draw taut | |
| LENA.2 | Wild yam sp (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | |
| LEPA.1 | To lie to (of a boat), flap (of sail) | |
| LEPA.2 | Stagnant water | |
| LEPE | Smash, destroy | |
| LEPO | Cover with leaves (as oven, or fruit to ripen) | |
| LEPU | Agitated, rough (of water) | |
| LEQO.1 | Voice | |
| LEQO.2 | Guard, look after | |
| LESI | Deceive, lie; false | |
| LESU | Return | |
| LEU | Ripe | |
| LEU-LEU | Waist garment of bark cloth | |
| LEVA | Long time, long ago | |
| LEWA.1 | Free-float in air or on water, be suspended | |
| LEWA.2 | Tree (Cerbera sp.) | |
| LEWELEWE | Cobweb, spider | |
| LI-AKI | Cast (as a line); throw away | |
| LIALIA | Disgusting | |
| LIE.* | Nit (egg of louse) | |
| LIFA.1 | Frightful, dreadful | |
| LIFA.2 | Chipped, marred | |
| LIFU | Fearful | |
| LIGA | Hand-arm | |
| LIGI | Pour | |
| LIGO | Calm, quiet | |
| LIGO-LIGO | An insect, cricket | |
| LIHA | Nit, egg of louse: *li(h,s)a | |
| LII-TAI | Petrel sp. | |
| LII.1 | To throw | |
| LII.2 | Tie, bind, wind round | |
| LII.3 | Type of coconut with edible husk | |
| LIIWAI | Urinate: *li(i)vai | |
| LIKA | Fear of falling, have nightmare (? of falling) | |
| NO | LIKI | Beat, flog : *(li)liki |
| LIKO.1 | Dirty | |
| LIKO.2 | Encircle, surround | |
| LIKO.3 | Twilight; be dazzled | |
| LIKO.4 | Chase away | |
| LIKU.1 | Back side or windward side of island | |
| LIKU.2 | Short, of a woman's skirt | |
| LILA | Thin, emaciated, sickly: *li(i)la(a) | |
| LILI.1 | To be angry | |
| LILI.2 | Agitated (of liquid); rough (of sea), stormy; boil (of water) | |
| LILO | Out of sight, lost, hidden; to disappear | |
| LIMA.A | Five | |
| LIMA.B | Hand, arm | |
| LIMU | Moss, seaweed |
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