Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
NOGA Tranquil and at ease
NOHINOHI Small, short
NOKE.* Earthworm
NOKO.1A Backside, buttocks
NOKO.1B Stern of a canoe
NOKO.2 Past continuative aspect marker
NOKU Bend v
NONE Excess, surfeit
NONI.1 A tree (Morinda citrifolia)
NONI.2 Mix, mixed; crooked, bent
NONO.1 Small flying insect, sandfly, midge
NONO.2* A shrub (Morinda citrifolia)
NONU Tree sp. (Morinda citrifolia)
NOO-GIA To ask for something, solicit
NOQA Bind, tie: *noq(a,o)
NOQI.* To ask for something, solicit
NOU.1 To make a jerking movement
NOU.2 Greedy
NUAFINE Old woman, wife
NUANUA. Rainbow
TO NUE Fish sp., probably rudderfish (Kyphosus)
NUI.1 Big
CC NUI.2* Coconut: *nu(i,u)
NUKA-NUKA A shrub (Decaspermum fruticosum)
TO NUKA.1 Bud, tip
NUKA.2 Layered
CK NUKU-ROA. Place name
NUKU.1 Earth, land
NUKU.2 Group of people, an organisation
NUMI.1 Fold, crumple, crease
NUMI.2* Disappear
NUNU Rub, grate, strain (action in preparation of turmeric or arrowroot)
NUTI Squeeze, crush in hand, rub between hands
O Possessive marker: of (subordinate)
OE Whistling sound; cry of distress; call
OFA Greeting
OFAGA Birdnest
OFI.A Be near
TU OFI.B To fit in, to pass through a narrow place
OFO.A To wake up (early or suddenly), regain consciousness
OFO.B Be surprised, amazed, startled; greet someone who has just appeared
OFO.C Rise up
OGAOGA Biting insect, such as midge, louse
OHO Head
OI.1 Withdraw, turn away from
OI.2 Exclamation of surprise or distress
CK OI.3 A kind of rush
OI.4 Petrel sp
LO OIRE Village
OKA Digging stick; to cultivate with this

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