Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MOTIKAKA | Piece of coconut fibre | |
| MOTO.1 | Strike with fist | |
| MOTO.2A | Unripe, green | |
| MOTO.2B | Coconut growth stage: *moto(moto) | |
| MOTU.A | Severed, cut, broken in pieces | |
| MOTU.B | Island | |
| MU-MUNI | Hide oneself | |
| MUI | Assemble, gather round, swarm over, cluster | |
| MUKA.1A | Young shoot, new leaves: *muk(a,o) | |
| MUKA.1B | Immature coconut: *muk(a,o)(muk(a,o)) | |
| MUKA.1C | Fragile, delicate | |
| MUKA.2 | That which is white | |
| MULE.1 | Blow gently | |
| MULE.2 | Rub, masturbate | |
| MULIFAA | Name of a constellation and a lunar month: *mu(l,n)ifa(a) | |
| MULU.1 | Wipe, rub; rub off; strip off | |
| MULU.2 | Reluctant, recalcitrant | |
| MUMU | Crowded together | |
| MUNA | Speak (confidentially) | |
| MUNUA | A fish | |
| MUQA-GA-LAQE | (Part of) forehead: *muqa-(ga)-laqe | |
| MUQA-KI | Be first, lead | |
| MUQA.A | Front, before | |
| MUQA.B | Postposed verbal particle of deference or politeness (Clk) | |
| MURA | Glow red, as a fire or the sky; flame | |
| TT | MURE | Short; to cease, end |
| MURI-FANUA | End of the land, cape, point | |
| MURI-GA | Last-born child | |
| MURI-WAI | Mouth of river | |
| MURI-WAQE | Heel | |
| MURI.1A | Behind, after, to follow, be last | |
| MURI.1B | Back end, lower end, piece, part | |
| MURI.1C | Young, immature | |
| MURU | Warm oneself at fire | |
| MUSU.1 | Mutter, mumble, hum, whisper | |
| NO | MUSU.2 | Sandfly |
| MUTIE | Grass | |
| MUTU.1A | Cut off, ended | |
| MUTU.1B | Thirtieth night of the lunar cycle | |
| MUTU.1C | Silent, mute | |
| MUTU.2 | Fish sp. (Pomacentridae, particularly Abudefduf (Sergeant Major)) | |
| MUU-FEKE | Squid, cuttlefish | |
| CK | MUU-RARE | Dumb; vagrant |
| MUU.1 | Flying insect | |
| MUU.2 | A fish, Tropical Porgy (Monotaxis grandoculis) | |
| MUU.3 | Be silent, dumb; make inarticulate sound | |
| MUU.4 | Blunt, dull | |
| MUUNAA | Ringworm | |
| NA.2 | Possessive particle (dominant possession): *na(a) | |
| NA.3 | Past tense marker |
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