Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAKA-LILI | Tremble, shudder | |
| TAKA-MILO | Go round and round | |
| TAKA-PUNI | Go around, surround *taka-p(i,u)ni | |
| TAKA-SISI | Scoop out coconut meat; cut copra *taka-si(s)i | |
| TAKA-TAKA | Plant sp., a grass or sedge | |
| TAKA-WIRI | Turn, twist | |
| TAKA.1A | Revolve, to roll, to go roundabout, wander | |
| TAKA.1B | Be unmarried, single (Rby) | |
| TAKA.1C | Keep company | |
| TAKA.1D | Loose, separated | |
| TAKA.2A | Tread on, trample: *taka-fi | |
| TAKA.2B | Sandal (Rby) | |
| TAKAA | Snood, the binding attaching a hook to a fishing line | |
| TAKAFALU | A small tree (Micromelum minutum) | |
| TAKAI | Wrap around, encircle, surround | |
| TAKALE | Coconut stage | |
| TAKALO | Play; game: *ta(a)-kalo | |
| TAKAO | Speech | |
| TAKAPAU | Floormat (plaited from coconut fronds) | |
| TAKAPE | A fish (Lutjanus kasmira) | |
| TAKAURE | A fly sp | |
| TAKE-TAKE | A seabird, probably a white tern | |
| TAKE.1 | Base, origin, source | |
| TAKE.2 | Pointed end of coconut, the end broken off for drinking | |
| TAKELE.A | Base; bottom (of canoe), keel | |
| TAKELE.B | Bottom of the sea | |
| TAKELE.C | Hollow out, empty | |
| TAKEO | Poison, poisonous, toxic; poisoned; drunk | |
| TAKI-.2 | Distributive prefix | |
| TAKI.1 | To lead, tow, guide | |
| TAKINI | Part of lower abdomen | |
| TAKO.1 | Dark colour | |
| CC | TAKO.2 | Some aspect of speech |
| TAKO.3 | High, upright | |
| TAKOTO | Lie down | |
| TAKU-A.2 | Reputedly, they say | |
| RO | TAKU-HALI | Sea-snake |
| TAKU.1 | Mention (v), recite | |
| TAKU.2 | My (neutral category of possession) | |
| TAKUA.1 | A pelagic fish sp *taku(a,o) | |
| TAKULUA | A star and month name, probably Sirius, but with qualifiers the name is used for other stars | |
| TAKUPU | Booby sp | |
| TAKUU | Cutting or splitting instrument made of tortoise-shell or shell | |
| TALA-A-TUQA | Dorsal fin, dorsal spine of fish: *tala-(a)-tuqa | |
| TALA-MEA | Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) | |
| TALA-NOA | Talk informally, converse | |
| TALA-QA-MOA | A bush (Caesalpinia sp.): *tala(tala)-qaa-moa | |
| TALA-TALA.A | Thorny, prickly; rough (surface) | |
| TALA-TALA.B | Soldierfish or Squirrelfish sp | |
| TALA-TUPUQA | Myth, traditional story (Clk) |
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