Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
PISI.2 Limpet (Patella sp.)
PISI.3 To affect, strike (as a disease)
PISO Head
PITI To add something
PITO.1 Navel
PITO.2 End, extremity; small piece
PITU Bamboo
PIU.1 Fan Palm (Pritchardia pacifica)
PIU.2 Throw, cast away: *pi(q)u
PO-KURU Breadfruit bark (for bark cloth)
POA.1 Fish odour; ground bait
POA.2 Yam sp
POE Pearl
POFORE.1 Skinned
POFORE.2 Escape, survive; be free
POGA-A-ISU Nostril: *poga(-a-)isu
POGA-POGA Defective or diseased (especially of fruit)
POGA.1 A tree fern (Cyathea sp.)
POGA.2 Hole, orifice, esp. nostril or other bodily orifice
POGA.3 Scar, defect on a surface
POGI-A Dazzled, blinded; to faint
POGI-POGI Twilight, especially morning
POGI.1 Dazed, dull-witted
POGI.2 Dark-coloured variety of taro
POGI.3 Rapid
POHE Dying (of person, flame); failing (eyesight): *po(f,s)e
POHUTU.1 Spherical, round: *po(f,s)utu
POHUTU.2 To splash: *po(o)(f,s)utu
POI.A Sudden movement: flinch, start, jump, blink
POI.B To act with respect or deference; to be reluctant, hesitant, timid
POI.C Irregular motion
POIKE Top: *po(o)ike
POKA.1 Castrated, sterile
POKA.2 Large, swollen
POKA.3 Wake up with a start
POKA.4 Split, cut
POKE Mix; pudding made by mixing
POKEA Purslane (Portulaca sp.)
POKI.1 Cover over, catch in cupped hands
POKI.2 Child; people
POKO-POKO Female genitalia: *poko(poko)
POKO-QULU Skull, head
POKO-SIWI.* Shoulder
POKO.1 Extinguished
POKO.2 Hole, cavity, hollow
POKO.3 Slap (esp. slap body as challenge)
POKU Pimple
POKUA Mouth
POLA-POLA Basket of plaited coconut leaf
POLA.1 Plaited coconut leaf

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