Reconstruction Level: OC - Oceanic

Reconstruction Description
MATAGI Wind, breeze
MATAU.A Axe: *mata(q)u
MAATOLU Thick
MATUQU.A Dry (of something that was originally wet), dried out; congealed, desiccated
MISI.B Sound made with the lips
MITI.2 Bird sp. (Aplonis sp.)
MITI.3A Suck, lick up
MOA-MOA Boxfishes (Ostraciontidae): *mo(a)(moa)
MOSOKOI Perfume tree (Cananga odorata)
MOTU.A Severed, cut, broken in pieces
MOTU.B Island
MUQA.A Front, before
MULE.1 Blow gently
NATU.1 Knead, mix with water
NATU.2 A tree (Burckella obovata)
NOFO Sit, dwell
NONU Tree sp. (Morinda citrifolia)
QOHO Provisions for a journey: *qo(h,s)o
OI.1 Withdraw, turn away from
QONO.1 Barracuda
PAA.3A Fish-hook (trolling)
PAE.1A Heap of stones; stone structure (wall, fence, platform)
PALA.2 Tree-fern sp
PALAGI A surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.)
PALAI A yam (Dioscorea nummularia)
PALI.3 Fast, go without food, mourn
PANI.1 Paint, smear, rub oil on
PATA.1A Raindrop
PEQE Over-ripe, soft (of breadfruit)
PEAU Ocean swell whether breaking or not, billow
PEKA.1 Fruit bat, flying-fox
PELA Mud, muddy, dirt, filth
PELE.2 A plant (Abelmoschus [= Hibiscus] manihot) with edible leaves
PELU.A Bend, fold
PENU.A Trash, especially refuse of coconut or pandanus fruit
PEPE Butterfly
PILI.2 Lizard, gecko: *(moko)pili
PIPI.2 Tree sp. (Hernandia sp.)
POO.2 Cover, catch or strike with cupped hand
POLO.1 Plant sp. (Solanum sp.)
POTO.1 Short
POU.1 Post n
PUU.1 Trumpet shell; trumpet: Pu(q)u
PUAKA Pig
PULAKA Swamp Taro, Giant Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii [= chamissonis])
PULAPULA Propagation material for root crops
PULU.3 Soaked
PUTU.1 Be close together, bunched up, assembled (of people)
SAE.1 Tear (v)
SAFU.1 To run off, fall (of water)

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