Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAFUGA.1* | Expert, priest | |
| TO | TAFUGA.2 | Mound |
| TAFUQA | Platform, foundation, base | |
| TAFUTI | Run away (Clk) | |
| TAGA-A-MIMI | Bladder | |
| TAGA-TAGA | Loose; not firmly secured | |
| TO | TAGA-TOO | Loose |
| TAGA.1A | Bag | |
| TAGA.1B | Drive into an enclosure; surround | |
| TAGA.2 | Chin, jaw: *taga(a) | |
| TAGA.3 | Free from ritual restriction | |
| TAGAFA | A fish (Cheilinus undulatus) | |
| TAGAKI | To open (v.t.), uncover | |
| TAGALOA.A | A principal god of the pantheon | |
| TAGALOA.B | Various natural species and celestial phenomena associated with the god | |
| TAGAQU | A fish (Lutjanus sp.) | |
| TAGAROA | A series of nights of the lunar cycle, waning moon | |
| TAGATA | Person, human being | |
| TAGI.A | Cry, weep, mourn, lament | |
| TAGI.B | (Of animals, birds etc.) make characteristic sound | |
| TAGO.A | Touch, take hold of | |
| TAGO.B | Grope, feel for; fish for octopus etc.; go about at night | |
| TAGO.C | Dark; intensifier for words describing darkness | |
| TAGULU | Deep-toned sound, as of thunder, snoring: *ta(a)gulu | |
| TAGUTU | Tree stump: *ta(a)gutu | |
| TAHI.1 | Shallow sea near shore or in lagoon, salt water, tide | |
| TAHI.2 | (Heart)wood (particularly of Cordia subcordata) | |
| TAHINA | Younger sibling of same sex | |
| TAHUTI | Rotten (Clk) | |
| TAI | A kin term or social category: age-class? | |
| TAI-MAFA.* | Heavy: *ta(e,i)mafa | |
| TAI-NAFI | Yesterday | |
| TAI-PII | High tide | |
| TAI-QAO | Early morning, dawn; tomorrow | |
| CK | TAI-RUA | Valley, gully |
| TAI-TAI | Salty, brackish | |
| TAI-TAMA | Adolescent | |
| TAI-TEA | Sapwood | |
| TAIKI.* | Hard (of timber), heartwood | |
| TAIKO | Sea-bird sp., probably petrel | |
| TAINA | Same sex sibling | |
| TAINOKA | A plant (Cassytha filiformis) | |
| CK | TAINUI | A plant |
| TAKA-AANINI | Be dizzy, experience vertigo | |
| TAKA-FITI | Somersault, tumble, fall head over heels | |
| TAKA-FULI | Turn over v.i | |
| TAKA-GA | Group, flock, shoal: *ta(a)ka-ga | |
| TAKA-LILI | Tremble, shudder | |
| TAKA-MILO | Go round and round | |
| TAKA-PUNI | Go around, surround *taka-p(i,u)ni |
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