Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| EI | Vocative | |
| ENE.1 | Do tentatively or carefully: *(faka)ene(ene) | |
| ENE.2 | Ask for something | |
| EQA.A | Come to the surface, appear above the surface; come up for air | |
| EQA.B | Be released or delivered; be avenged | |
| EREHI.* | Coconut | |
| ESI | Chase away, pursue: *(q)esi | |
| EVA | Float (in air), fly | |
| EWE.1 | Torn, ragged, worn out | |
| EWE.2 | Fish sp. (Epinephelus hexagonatus) (Hpr) | |
| FA-LIU | Turn round | |
| FAA-.4 | Causative prefix | |
| FAA-FAA | Feel, touch, grope | |
| FAA-INU | Give to drink | |
| FAA-ITE.A | Place side by side | |
| FAA-ITE.B | To make like, compare | |
| FAA-ITE.C | To measure | |
| TO | FAA-ITE.D | Sit on ground as women do, with both legs close together and extended to one side |
| FAA-KULE | Search head for lice | |
| FAA-LASI | Wide | |
| FAA-QITA.* | Grimace, make faces | |
| FAA-QITI | Narrow | |
| FAA-TATA | Near | |
| FAA-TILO | Peep, spy on | |
| FAA.1 | Four | |
| FAA.2 | Hoarse | |
| FAAFAA-LUA | Manta ray (Manta sp.) | |
| FAAFINE | Women | |
| FAAGAI.A | To feed, provide food for | |
| FAAGAI.B | Adopt, foster | |
| FAAGOGO.A | Half coconut shell | |
| FAAGOGO.B | Pour liquid from a coconut shell; feed child or invalid | |
| FAAGOTA | To obtain seafood by fishing or hunting on the reef | |
| FAAILU.* | Wipe anus | |
| FAAITO | Measure, weigh | |
| FAALIKI | Cover floor with mats or grass; floor covering | |
| FAALOA | A fish, Spotted Sea Bass (Epinephelus tauvina) | |
| FAALOO.A | Stretch (by pulling), lash: *fa(a)lo(o) | |
| FAALOO.B | Stretch (the body), extend (arm), crane, peer to see better | |
| FAANAKO | Steal | |
| FAANAU.A | Children, offspring | |
| FAANAU.B | Bear child, give birth; be born: *fa(a)nau | |
| FAANUI | A star name | |
| FAAPUKU | Fish sp., (Epinephelus sp.) | |
| FAAQOA | Canoe crew; kin, people | |
| FAASUA | Tridacna clam sp *(f,w)aasua | |
| FAATAI.1 | To sit in a certain way | |
| FAATAI.2 | A parasitic creeper (Cassytha filiformis) | |
| TU | FAATELE | Song-dance type |
| FAATELO | Stick out the tongue |
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