Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MATA-LIKI.A | Small, minute; fine (mesh, weave, etc.); small points or lights: *mata(li)liki | |
| MATA-LIKI.B | A star cluster, the Pleiades; name of a month or season | |
| MATA-LUA | Fish sp | |
| MATA-MATA | Small points, many small things of the same kind | |
| MATA-MOSO | A plant with red seeds | |
| MATA-PISU | Shellfish sp., Limpet | |
| MATA-POO | Be blind, blindness | |
| MATA-POOURI | Faint | |
| NO | MATA-PUKU | Fish sp., trevally |
| MATA-PULA | A fish (Priacanthus cruentatus) | |
| MATA-QA-MUQA | The first: *mata(a)mu`a | |
| MATA-QA-MURI | The last | |
| MATA-QALI | Prematurely fallen coconut | |
| MATA-QARA | Awake, alert | |
| MATA-QELE | Fish sp. (Serranidae) *mata(q,k)ele | |
| MATA-QI-HUHU | Nipple, teat | |
| MATA-QI-TALIGA | Hammer-head shark (Sphyrna sp.) | |
| MATA-SIAPO | Firstborn | |
| MATA-TILI | Coconut growth stage | |
| MATA-TOQA | Bold, brave | |
| MATA-WAI | Spring, source of river | |
| MATA.1A | Eye, face; appearance | |
| MATA.1B | Mesh of net | |
| MATA.1C | Point, blade, cutting-edge (of a weapon or instrument) | |
| MATA.1D | Point of land, headland | |
| MATA.1E | See, look at | |
| MATA.2A | Raw, unripe | |
| MATA.2B | A growth stage of coconuts | |
| MATA.3 | Social grouping of people | |
| MATA.5 | Door, entrance | |
| MATAFITI | Year | |
| MATAGI | Wind, breeze | |
| MATAKU | To be afraid, fear | |
| MATAQU.1 | Fishhook: *ma(a)taqu | |
| MATAQU.2 | Right (not left) | |
| MATATA | Tear, split | |
| MATAU.A | Axe: *mata(q)u | |
| MATAU.B | Tattooing chisel: *mata(a)u | |
| MATE-GA | Death; illness | |
| MATE-GUUGUU | Exhausted, numb | |
| MATE-HOGE | To be hungry, starving | |
| MATE-KAI | Hungry; hunger | |
| MATE-WAI | Thirsty; thirst | |
| MATE.1A | Die, dead; sick, illness | |
| MATE.1B | Unconscious, lose consciousness, faint; numb, paralyzed | |
| MATE.1C | Feel strong desire or need | |
| MATE.1D | Extinguished (as a light, fire) | |
| MATE.1E | Very calm (of sea or weather); low tide | |
| MATE.2 | Guess | |
| MATI-KAO | Finger, toe |
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