Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
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 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
PALA.1C Mud, dirt, filth, excrement: *pala(-pala)
PALA.1D Wet
PALA.2 Tree-fern sp
PALA.3 Pustulous sore; to ulcerate, fester
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
PALE.2 Head-dress
PALE.3A Steer a canoe; row a boat
PALE.3B To turn, lean to one side
PALE.3C Decline, of sun or moon
TO PALEA Strike or encounter unexpectedly, accidentally
PALI.1A Cliff
PALI.1B Action of waves breaking against coast
PALI.2 Front of body below navel
PALI.3 Fast, go without food, mourn
PALOLO-MULI Name of a lunar month
PALOLO-MUQA Name of a lunar month
PALOLO.A Balolo worm (Balola (Eunice) viridis)
PALOLO.B A month or season
PALU.1 Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)
PALU.2 Knead, mix
PANA.1A Release something held under tension, recoil

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