Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
SURA To uncover, expose
SURU.A Bend forward, fall headlong, dive
SURU.B Set (of sun, moon, stars)
SUU-PEQE.* Nasal mucus
SUU-WARE.* Spittle, saliva
SUU.1 Liquid, wet, watery
SUU.2 Fart
SUU.3 Ask for mercy, pardon; make supplication
SUUMAALIE Good, pleasing, beautiful: *su(u)ma(a)lie
T-AUA Retrospective definitive, preposed to common nouns mentioned previously
T-OO.5 O-class possessive particle, subordinate.
TA First person singular affective preposed subject pronoun
TA-FAGA.A Naked, bare, clear
TA-FAGA.B Just, only
TA-FOKI Turn back, turn round
TA-FOLA.1 Be spread out *ta(a)fola
TA-FULI Turn, overturn, capsize, turn round (intr.)
TA-ILI To fan; to blow
TA-ITI Young male child
TA-KAWE Wear something around the neck
TA-KOKI Sprained (of foot or ankle)
TA-PENA Tidy up, prepare
TA-POKI Cover
TA-PONO Closed
TA-PUKE Mound (for planting)
TA-PUNI Block, shut; conceal *ta(a)puni
TA-QALO Beckon, signal with the hand
TA-QIA Strike, hit
TAA-FATI Bend, break
TAA-FERA Be spread out: *ta(a)-fera
TAA-FERO. A tree or shrub
TAA-FILI To turn
TAA-FITI.A Somersault, leap over
CK TAA-FITI.B Catch by netting or trapping
TAA-FOA Strike something so as to break it; beat
TAA-FUNA.2 Hide, conceal
CK TAA-HAU Second person singular possessive, thy, this
TAA-IA Third person singular t-class possessive, his, her
TAA-KIRI Whip, flog; take or strike suddenly
TAA-LAFU Hearth
TAA-MAA Clean (vt)
TAA-MATE-A Kill, extinguish: *ta(a)mate
TAA-MAU Fasten, secure (Clk): *taa-ma(q)u
TAA-MOLE Make smooth or level
TAA-NOQA Bowl for kava
TAA-PARU Soften; coax, cajole
TAA-PEE Cause to ripen or decay
TAA-PEKA Tie, bind
TAA-PILI Come close, reach land
TAA-PIRI Join together, stick together

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