Reconstruction Level: PN - Polynesian
| Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|
| TUKI.C | Pounder, pestle; thing for pounding or striking |
| TUTUE | Thin (of body); tough (of fish or meat), owing to lack of fat |
| TAUALA | Luff, sail close to the wind |
| TAU-FAA | Squall, rain storm; a constellation |
| MATA.2B | A growth stage of coconuts |
| MOTO.2B | Coconut growth stage: *moto(moto) |
| MATUQU.B | Coconut growth stage |
| MATA-TILI | Coconut growth stage |
| NAMU-AQA | Stink, bad smell |
| FAI.2C | Say, tell |
| FAI.3A | Be, happen, exist |
| FAKA-POI | Feint, make threatening gesture |
| PEE | Perhaps: *(qa)pee |
| WALE-MOHE | Drowsy, sleepy |
| WALE-A.A | Mad, ignorant, foolish |
| SEQA | Call |
| SULU-MAKI | Slip in, stick in, insert, plunge in |
| LOLE.1 | To do something carelessly or inadequately |
| MA-ISI | To peel off (vi); to split |
| MARONA | To die down, to be brought down: *ma(r,l)ona |
| SAWALA | Greedy, gluttonous, crave a particular food |
| MA-TOSI | Striped, scratched |
| MAQU-KOLOA | Wealthy, having many possessions |
| MAUKU | Recede, go down, deflate |
| FAGATUA | To wrestle |
| TAUTE | To prepare (esp. food), fix up, take care of |
| TOKIA | To be struck by a falling object (including rain, dew, lightning); to be "struck" by a sudden realization, taken by surprise: *to(o)kia |
| ULA.2 | To blow |
| QARO-FI | Inner surface, lining; concave or crescent-shaped; sit in a circle |
| FIITAQA.A | Work hard, strive, make an effort |
| FOTUQA | Fish sp. |
| LAGA.1D | Raise (fig.), provoke, incite, start (a fight) |
| LAU-GA | Public discourse, speech: *la(a)uga |
| MAALUU.2 | Calm, gentle, mild (of weather or persons) |
| MAA-NOQA | Tied; string, thread |
| TE-NI | Demonstrative pronoun: this, these; here |
| TE-NA | Demonstrative pronoun: that, those (near you) |
| -RA | Demonstrative clitic: there, yonder (not near speaker or addressee) |
| TE-RA | Demonstrative pronoun: that, those (distant from both speaker and addressee) |
| NUNU | Rub, grate, strain (action in preparation of turmeric or arrowroot) |
| PAQA-PAQA | Type of food |
| PATOKI | Very black (intensifier with *quli) |
| PIKO.C | To think, speak or act in a wrong, false or negative way |
| POLO-POLO | First-fruits ceremony |
| PUNU-TI | Close, block |
| PUPUQA | Deep hole on reef; blowhole |
| TAU.11 | Pick (fruit, flowers, leaves) |
| TAU.12 | Cover (vt); covering of earth oven |
| TAU-WALO | To exclaim, cry out |
| TA-QIA | Strike, hit |
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