Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| ONA-POO | Days, times | |
| ONEA | A sea-snake or eel sp. | |
| ONI.* | Wriggle, copulate | |
| ONO | Six | |
| OO.1 | Tuna baitfish, such as the fry of Siganus or Caesio spp. (Hpr) | |
| OO.2 | Yes, response to call: *(q)oo | |
| OO.3 | To go (plural subject) | |
| OPATA | Cliff, steep place | |
| OPE.1 | Scoop up, shovel | |
| OPE.2 | Be afloat | |
| OPE.3 | Barnacle: *(q)ope | |
| OQA | Topstrakes of a canoe | |
| OQI.A | To mash, knead, mix food | |
| OQI.B | Shake, agitate, move around | |
| OQO | Able to enter or be contained | |
| ORI | Wander, walk about | |
| ORU | Mud, boggy: *(q)o(l,r)u | |
| OSI | Young shoot, sucker | |
| OSO | Overflow | |
| OTI-RA | That's all | |
| PA-ANU | Drift, float freely | |
| PA-FOA | Beat bark-cloth | |
| PA-FORE | Skinned, peeled | |
| PA-FURE | Abraded, skinned | |
| PA-GUGU | Bite on something hard | |
| PA-KAKA | Dry, stiff | |
| PA-KEKE | Stiff | |
| PA-KIKO.1 | Skinned: *pa(a)-kiko | |
| PA-KIKO.2 | Finished, arranged | |
| PA-LAFA | Flat, wide; broad, flat object | |
| NO | PA-LALA | Black: *quli palala |
| PA-LEMO | To drown | |
| PA-PII | Splash |
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