Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
LE-LEA.1 Speech of those possessed by spirits
LE-LEI Good
SF LE-NEI This
LEA Speak
LEFE Fold or crease covering body orifice
TO LEFIO Moth
LEFU-LEFU Shorebird sp.
LEI.1 Whale tooth, whale ivory
LEI.2 Leap
LEIA Choke
LEKA.1 Pleasant
LEKA.2 Short, dwarf
LEKA.3 Belch, regurgitate
LEKE.1 A cavity or recess
LEKE.2 Butt end (e.g. of adze, weapon, fish-hook); heel of foot
NO LEKIA.* Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
LEKILEKI Puzzlenut tree (Xylocarpus sp.)
LELE-A.2 To be driven away by wind
LELE.A Fly, run, leap
LELE.B Possess (of a spirit, possessing a human medium)
LELEFUA.* Moth, butterfly
LELU Disturbed
LEMO.1 Drown
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

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