Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
NEE Sentence final interrogative particle, tag question, isn't it?: *ne(i)
NEFE Plant sp
NEFU.1 Anchovy (Stolephorus sp.)
NEFU.2A Clouded (of atmosphere or water)
NEFU.2B Powdery, dusty, ashy
NEI Demonstrative: here, near speaker
NEINEI Tree sp
NEKE.1A Move oneself, edge along, crawl
NEKE.1B Rise up on swell of water
NENE Orgasm, sensory pleasure
FU NEQA.* Thing
NEVE Carry on back with straps
NEWA.A Wander, move aimlessly or unsteadily
NEWA.B Dizzy, confused
NEWENEWE Fat (of person)
CK NGAA-TEITEI High-ranking, respected
NI.1 Past tense marker
NI.2 Indefinite article plural
NIA Smooth: *ni(q)a
NIAO Gunwale of canoe, rim, edge (of tool): *ni(i)ao
NIFA.1 Fierce, truculent
NIFA.2 A fish (Sardinella sp.)
NIFI.1 Thin, sharp
NIFI.2 Move stealthily
NIFI.3 Part of genitalia
NIFO Tooth
CC NIGI.* Pour out
NII-KAU Coconut frond
NIKO Circular or curved; to go in circles or in curves
NIKU Rib of coconut leaflet
NIMO.1 Vanish, forget
NIMO.2 Vertigo: *(ni-)nimo
NINA Cover, devastate
NINI.1 Vertigo
TO NINI.2 Tremble, shiver
NINI.3 Smear, daub, rub on
NINO.* Twist
NITI Tight, crowded (Rby): *(n,g)iti
NIU.1 Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
NIU.2 To spin around; spinning top (toy)
NIUFI.* Shark species
NIWA.* Giddy, dizzy
NO Belonging to, from, of (subordinate possessive): *no(o)
NO-TE-MEA Because
NOA.1 Be common, worthless
NOA.2 Postposed particle signifying non-restriction; just, only, without limit, without result
NOFA Seabird sp
NOFO Sit, dwell
NOFO-A Seat: *nofo-(q)a
NOFU Stonefish (Scorpaenopsis sp.)

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