Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 with flat of hand: massage, caress, pet; rub between hands or fingers | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| NO | MO-QISI | Few |
| 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 |
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