Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NOU.3 | Contract the body; short | |
| 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 | |
| OKI.1 | Whistling sound | |
| OKI.2 | To rest: *(q)oki | |
| OKO.1 | Gather something | |
| OKO.2A | To reach maturity; strong | |
| OKO.2B | Strong wind; blow hard (of wind) | |
| OLA-WAI | A tree (Psychotria sp.) | |
| OLA.1 | Be alive, well, healthy (not dead, ill) | |
| OLA.2 | Shrub sp | |
| OLI.1 | Move (esp. back and forth, to and fro): *oli(oli) | |
| OLI.2 | Brandish a weapon (as challenge) | |
| OLI.3 | A type of chant or formal speech: *(oli)oli | |
| OLO.1 | Clump of trees, bush, hillside | |
| OLO.2 | Low-pitched sound; coo (of pigeons or doves) | |
| OLO.3 | Rub, grate, grind, polish, sharpen | |
| OMA.1 | Be swift | |
| OMA.2 | Sponge | |
| OMA.3 | Sunken, emaciated |
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