Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| MEO | Discontented, dissatisfied | |
| MEQA-KAI | Food | |
| MEQA.A | Thing | |
| MEQA.B | Do (used for a range of verbal senses, particularly 'do, make, cause', 'intend', 'say') | |
| MEQA.C | Predicative base | |
| TO | MEQE | Dance |
| TO | MERARI | Fish sp., wrasse |
| MERIE | Free of tapu | |
| MESA-MESA | Lonely; apprehensive | |
| MESO | Rail (Porzana sp.) | |
| METO | Extinguished, destroyed | |
| MIGAO | Respectful | |
| MIGI | Curly (of hair) | |
| MIGO | Wrinkled, shrivelled (Clk) | |
| MIGOI. | Twist: *migo(q)i | |
| MILI | Rub, massage; handle (v) | |
| MILO.1 | A tree (Thespesia populnea) | |
| MILO.2A | Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out | |
| MILO.2B | Current in water, whirlpool | |
| MIMI | Urinate, urine | |
| MINA | Desire | |
| NO | MINI-MINI | Mat for valuables |
| MIO.1A | Turn, twist: *mio(-qi) | |
| MIO.1B | Whirlpool | |
| MIO.2 | Extinguished | |
| MIRA | ? Fasten, make fast | |
| MIRI | Embalm a corpse |
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