Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LOHOLOHO | Spadix of coconut palm; the many-branched stem on which the nuts form; spathe or sheath that encloses the spadix. *lo(h,s)olo(h,s)o | |
| LOHU | Fruit-plucking pole, hook something with a pole | |
| LOKA | Rough, of sea (Rby) | |
| LOKI | Enclosed area, such as an inner room | |
| LOKONIU | Widow | |
| LOKU | Bent, bowed down | |
| LOLE.1 | To do something carelessly or inadequately | |
| LOLE.2 | Rub | |
| LOLI | Sea-slug, sea-cucumber (Holothuria) | |
| LOLO-QI.A | Prepare food with coconut cream | |
| LOLO-QI.B | Coconut cream; food prepared with coconut cream | |
| LOLO.1A | Coconut cream or oil | |
| LOLO.1B | Delicious, sweet, rich, oily, fatty (of food) | |
| LOLO.2 | Flood, submerge | |
| LOLOGA | Section of long net | |
| LOLOGO | Sing, song | |
| LOMA.1 | Flood; high or rising tide | |
| LOMA.2A | Subside, abate (of flood, tide, sea, strong wind) | |
| LOMA.2B | Calm, quiet | |
| LOMI | Squeeze, press down upon, massage | |
| LONA | Hiccups, have hiccups; to choke: *lo(o)na(a) | |
| LOO | Ant | |
| LOO-LOO | Wet, soaked | |
| LOO-QATA | Large ant sp | |
| LOOLOA | Fish sp. | |
| LOOMAKI.* | Duck or dip under water: *lo(o)maki | |
| LOPI | ?? | |
| LOQI | Sea bass (Cephalopholis argus) | |
| LOQI-MATA | Tear(s) | |
| LOTE | Handle roughly | |
| LOTO-GA | Middle, within, during | |
| LOTO-QAA | Fenced enclosure, compound: *loto-qaa | |
| LOTO-TONU | Centre, middle | |
| LOTO.A | Inside | |
| LOTO.B | Lagoon, pool | |
| LOTO.C | Heart, mind, feelings | |
| LOTU.1 | Prayer, worship (Christian) | |
| LOTU.2 | Beat on the surface of the sea, splash | |
| LOTU.3 | Persevere | |
| LUA-KI | Vomit | |
| LUA-NI | Associate, companion | |
| LUA.1 | Hole, pit | |
| LUA.2 | Vomit, spit out: *lua(qi) | |
| LUATUQU | Wind direction (north-east?) | |
| LUE.1 | To shake, quake (of person or the earth); rock, sway | |
| NO | LUE.2 | Type of song or dance |
| LUFA | Used or re-used cordage or cloth | |
| LUGA | Above, top (locative noun) | |
| LUKI | Challenge | |
| LUKU.A | Gather, hold several things together |
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