Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
PONA Knot, joint, swelling
PONE Surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.)
PONO.1 Block up, close
PONO.2 True, correct
POO-FATU.1* General term for stone or rock
POO-FATU.2 Small tree or bush sp. (Sophora tomentosa) (Grf)
POO-FUE.* Various creeping or climbing plants
POO-GIA Overtaken by night; continue doing something after night has fallen
POO-KERE Black, dark
POO-KIA Seized, pounced on, grabbed
TR POO-NAO Thimble, scabbard
POO-NIU.1 Early stage in formation of coconut
POO-POO.A To pat with the hands
POO-POO.B Make into a ball by kneading; ball
POO-QULI Dark night, darkness, night
CK POO-RAGI Mad
POO-REHO Cowrie-shell (Cypraea sp.): *poo-re(f,s)o
POO-RUTU Strike hard
POO-TAGOTAGO Intensely dark night
POO-TAKA To revolve, go around; revolving or spinning object; round
POO-TURI Deaf
POO-UTO.* Float of fishing net: *po(i,u)to.*
POO.1A Night
POO.1B Day (24 hour period)
POO.1C The Underworld
POO.2 Cover, catch or strike with cupped hand
POOKAI To coil (as rope or string), wrap up
POONIU.2 A plant (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
POORORI Hungry
POOTIKI.A Younger child or pet child
CK POOTIKI.B Youngest child
POPO.1 Decayed, rotten (of wood, not flesh)
POPO.2 Pointed, sharp
POQO-POQO Fish sp. (Carangidae): *po(qo)-po(qo)
POQOI Pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy
PORI People
PORO-QAKI Give instructions (on parting)
PORO.1 Give instructions, make announcement
PORO.2 Blunt or truncated end or piece; in words for elbow, heel and other body parts
POSO Swell, swelling, bulge
POSU Satiated
POTA Leaves eaten as greens
POTI.1 Surround
POTI.2 Bug species (Clk): *(po(ti))poti
POTO.1 Short
POTO.2 Wise, clever
POTO.3 Gathered together, assembled
POTU.1 End, piece, section; end of a village; sleeping area at end of house
POTU.2 Bug species (Clk): *po(tu)potu
POU-MULI A tree (Flueggea [= Securinega] flexuosa)

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