Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PAKEWA.1 | Not straight; in error | |
| PAKEWA.2 | Fish sp. (Carangoides sp.) | |
| PAKI-AKA | Root of a plant | |
| PAKI-HIWI.* | Shoulder: *paki(f,s)iwi | |
| PAKI-PAKI | Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia sp.) | |
| CK | PAKI-TARA | Side wall of house |
| PAKI-UMA | Chest-slapping dance | |
| PAKI.1 | Slap, clap; hit, beat; touch | |
| PAKI.2 | Paddle-shaped instrument used when dancing | |
| PAKI.3 | Pick, cut off, break off (fruit, leaves, etc.) | |
| PAKIA.1 | Be hurt, wounded | |
| PAKIA.2 | Click-beetle | |
| NO | PAKILAGI | Tree sp |
| PAKO | A sedge (Cyperus sp.) | |
| PAKOKO.A | Dry and warped into a concave shape | |
| PAKOKO.B | Male flower of the breadfruit | |
| PAKOLA | Slain victim; defeated in battle (Clk) | |
| PAKOO | Noise of an explosive nature | |
| PAKORA | Dry (of land or tidal flat) | |
| PAKOU | Fish spp | |
| PAKU-PAKU | Emaciated, starving | |
| PAKU-SIWI.* | Shoulder | |
| PAKU.A | Dried up (especially of lesions) | |
| PAKU.B | Burnt | |
| PAKU.C | Dark in colour | |
| PAKU.D | Scab, crust; scabby, crusty | |
| PAKU.E | Skin | |
| PAKUU.A | Make sudden (loud) noise | |
| PAKUU.B | Fall down | |
| PALA-PALA | Mud, dirt, filth; dirty, mucky, filthy | |
| PALA-TAO | Fern sp: *pal(a,e)tao | |
| PALA-TUQU | Over-ripe, of fruit | |
| PALA.1A | Ripe, soft | |
| PALA.1B | Rotten, decayed, wet | |
| PALA.1C | Excrement; soiled | |
| PALA.2 | Tree-fern sp | |
| PALA.3 | Pustulous sore | |
| PALA.4 | Smear, smudge: *pala(-i,-ngi,-si) | |
| PALAA | Feather, plume: *pala(q)(a) | |
| PALAGI | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.) | |
| PALAI | A yam (Dioscorea nummularia) | |
| PALALAA | A kind of noise | |
| PALALAFA | Butt end of coconut frond midrib | |
| NO | PALALAMA | Canoe part |
| PALAU | To boast, brag | |
| PALE-PALE | Scaffolding, platform | |
| PALE-TAI | Foredeck, splashboards or washboards of a canoe | |
| PALE-TUQA | Back-rest; support | |
| PALE.1A | Ward off; protection, defense | |
| PALE.1B | Support, assist |
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