Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
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
PA-RARE Speak imperfectly: *parare(e)
PA-SEKE Slip, slide
PA-SERU Rummage, search through
NO PA-TAKE Shallow (of container) : *p(a,e)-take
PA-TII Spurt, splash
CK PAA-FARA Rip (of flesh)
PAA-FATA Shelf or platform
PAA-INA To expose to heat
PAA-KARE Sinking or empty feeling in the stomach
CK PAA-KATI A fish
PAA-KEKE To remove skin, bark by scraping, peeling: *paa-ke(e)ke(e)
PAA-KIRA Bare, bald
CK PAA-KIRI Skin, bark
PAA-KISI Dried up; sickly
PAA-KOTI Cut (as with scissors)
PAA-LAPU West wind
PAA-LOA.* Seine

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