Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MIRU | Goddess of the underworld | |
| MISA | Dry up, recede (of water), hence emerge (Ebt) | |
| MISI.A | Grieve for | |
| MISI.B | Sound made with the lips | |
| MITA | Proud; to boast | |
| MITI.1 | Dream | |
| MITI.2 | Bird sp. (Aplonis sp.) | |
| MITI.3A | Suck, lick up | |
| MITI.3B | Undertow, eddy, ebb | |
| MITI.4 | Salt water; sauce (including salt water and coconut cream) | |
| MO | And, with | |
| MO-MOHE | To sleep together; to have sexual intercourse | |
| TO | MO-MOHO | Ripe |
| MO-MOTU | Firebrand | |
| MO-QI | Small thing or portion | |
| MOA-MOA | Boxfishes (Ostraciontidae): *mo(a)(moa) | |
| MOA.1 | Fowl (Gallus gallus) | |
| MOA.2 | Rip (of sea) | |
| MOA.3 | Notched ornamentation at end of canoe | |
| MOA.4A | Flower-bud of banana, which is cone-shaped, like a whipping top and the head of traditional dart; *moa(moa) | |
| MOA.4B | Whipping or spinning top | |
| MOA.5 | Soft lower body part | |
| MOAGA | Fish sp.; Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) (Hpr) | |
| MOANA | Sea beyond the reef, ocean | |
| CK | MOARI | Swing n: *mo(o)ari |
| MOE-NANU | Talk in one's sleep | |
| MOEMOE-AA.* | Dream | |
| MOFI | Burn, be warm, esp. with fever | |
| MOGA | Adam's apple | |
| MOGAMOGA | Cockroach | |
| MOGUGU | ||
| MOHE | Sleep | |
| MOHE-GA | Bed, sleeping place, sleeping mat | |
| MOHE-MITI | Dream | |
| MOHE-QAHO | Fish sp., probably shark (said to sleep during the day) *moe(moe)-qao | |
| MOHE-RAGA | Sleeping mat | |
| MOHE-TORO | Seduce by approaching secretly at night | |
| MOHI | A crustacean | |
| MOHO | Come into leaf: *mo(f,s)o | |
| CK | MOI.1 | Word used to call dog or pig |
| MOI.2 | A fish: *mo(q)i | |
| MOII | Sweet potato variety | |
| MOKA.1 | White, light in colour | |
| MOKA.2 | Finished, empty | |
| MOKA.3 | A kind of fish-trap | |
| MOKE | Lost, missing; lonely | |
| MOKO-FULUFULU | ||
| TT | MOKO-PIRO | |
| CK | MOKO-ROA-I-ATA | Milky Way |
| MOKO.1A | Lizard |
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