Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
MONI Consume food (perhaps in a particular manner)
MONO.A To plug in, plug up, block up, caulk
MONO.B Replace, substitute for
MOO-IFI Fizz, fart
MOO-MONA Fat, rich, tasty (esp. of animal foods)
MOO-TEA White-faced, pale
MOO-TORO.* Seduce by approaching secretly at night (Clk)
MOOLII Oil, lamp
CK MOONENEFU Covered with spray, tarnished
MOORII Person of low rank
MOQI-KAKA Strand or shred of coconut husk fibre
MOQO For
TO MOQOTIPO Plant sp. (Urena lobata)
MORE Taproot
MOREFU.1 Dull (of colour, light)
MOREFU.2 Defeated survivor
MORI.A To offer, present
CK MORI.B Want, desire
MOSE-MOSE A plant
NO MOSI Break or tear apart
MOSO.1A Sooty rail (Porzana tabuensis)
MOSO.1B Polynesian Starling (Aplonis sp.)
MOSO.2 Cooked
NO MOSO.3 Bivalve sp., decorated belt
MOSOKOI Perfume tree (Cananga odorata)
MOTI-MOTI Light rain, drizzle
MOTI.1 Stalk, sneak up on
MOTI.2 Bounded, limited; finished
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

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