Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MATI-KUKU | Nail (of finger or toe), claw, hoof | |
| MATI.1 | A tree (Ficus tinctoria) | |
| MATI.2 | Of vegetable matter: half-dry, wilted; stale, not fresh | |
| MATIE | Grass | |
| MATINI | A type of offering | |
| MATIWA | Poor | |
| MATO | Precipice, steep place, cliff | |
| RO | MATU | A fish (Gerres sp.) |
| MATUKU.A | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) | |
| MATUKU.B | A demon heron killed by Rata | |
| MATUQA-ULAU | Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) | |
| MATUQA.A | Large, full grown, mature (of people), adult; old person, elder | |
| MATUQA.B | Main, principal; also in expressions for "thumb" and "big toe" | |
| MATUQA.C | Parent | |
| MATUQU.A | Dry (of something that was originally wet), dried out; congealed, desiccated | |
| MATUQU.B | Coconut growth stage | |
| CK | MATUU | Fat |
| MAU | Paucal or plural marker | |
| CO | MAUA-KENA.* | Booby (Sula sp.) |
| MAUII | Left (not right) | |
| MAUKU | Recede, go down, deflate | |
| MAULU | (To go or come) secretly, unobserved, unnoticed | |
| MAUMAU.1 | Spoiled, wasted | |
| MAUMAU.2 | Unfortunate | |
| MAUNU | Bait: *m(a(a),o(o))-unu | |
| MAURE | Night of lunar cycle | |
| MAURI | Twenty-ninth night of moon | |
| MAURU | Content, pleased | |
| MAUTINI | Gourd (Lagenaria sp.) | |
| ME-MEA | Goatfish sp., (Mulloidichthys sp.) | |
| ME.1A | If | |
| ME.1B | As if, as it were; like | |
| ME.2 | Prescriptive mood marker | |
| ME.3 | With, and | |
| MEA.1A | Reddish | |
| MEA.1B | Gills, of fish | |
| MEA.1C | Gums | |
| MEA.1D | Baby, infant | |
| MEAQA.* | Clean | |
| MEGE | Shrivelled, wrinkled | |
| MEI.1 | From | |
| MEI.2 | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): *m(a,e)i | |
| MEI.3 | Flinch, draw back | |
| MEI.4 | Almost, nearly | |
| MEKO | Withhold, refuse to give, tease | |
| MELE.1 | Reject; defective | |
| MELE.2 | A star (Venus or Antares) | |
| MELE.3 | Speak with difficulty; clear one's throat | |
| MELO | Red/brown (Clk) | |
| MENE | Shrink back, withdraw, contract; round, fat |
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