Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | Personal article, used before proper names and personal pronouns: *(q)a(a) | |
| -A | Presence of, or infestation by, that indicated by the noun (Rby) | |
| AA- | Ligative particle, like, as, after the manner of | |
| AA.1 | Locative preposition - along, through, by way of : *(C)aa | |
| AA.2 | And: *aa~*ee | |
| AA.3 | Continuation: until, as far as | |
| AAFUA | Form, appearance, likeness | |
| AAIO | Calm (of sea) | |
| AA-KUA-NEI | Later today; soon | |
| AALAI | Screen; obstruct, block: *(q)aala(q)i | |
| AALISI | : *(q)a(a)lisi | |
| AA-NANAFI | Tomorrow | |
| AA-NEWA | Dizzy, unsteady, weak | |
| AA-NINI | Giddy, vertigo | |
| AA-NIWA | Dizzy, confused | |
| AA-NUANUA.* | Rainbow | |
| AA-POOPOO | Tomorrow: *a(a)-poo(poo) | |
| AAPULU | Crowded; to sink (esp. of overcrowded vessel) | |
| CK | AARAI-TE-TOGA | Placename |
| CK | AA-RAU | Gather, lay hold of, entangle |
| AAREA | Unoccupied space; interval between two objects | |
| LO | AAROTE | Plough, to plough (from Gk. arotron, Lat. aratrum) |
| AATI | Join together as a group (of people): (`)aati | |
| AAVA | Spouse; honour, respect; support | |
| AE | Yes: *a(a)e | |
| AFAA | Storm, hurricane | |
| AFAGA | Public space near sea; foreshore common ground kept clear as landing-place etc | |
| AFE.1A | Deviate, turn aside | |
| AFE.1B | Stir, as a light body in the wind | |
| AFE.2 | Thousand | |
| AFI.1 | Fire | |
| AFI.2 | Open by pulling (body part, esp. eye); colloquial term for 'eye' | |
| AFIAFI | Evening, late afternoon | |
| AFO | Cord, especially fishing line | |
| AFU.1 | Offspring | |
| AFU.2 | Shoot or sucker | |
| AFU.3 | Resemble, be similar to (Rby) | |
| AFU-AFU | Drizzle; light rain | |
| AGA | Habit, custom, way of acting | |
| -AGA.3 | Allomorph of nominalizing suffix | |
| AGE | Particle of direction away from speaker and hearer; also used to express comparison | |
| AGI.1 | Blow (of wind, breeze) | |
| AGI.2 | Unencumbered, unhampered | |
| CK | AGI.3 | A plant (Coprosma sp.) |
| AGO.A | A plant, turmeric (Curcuma longa) | |
| AGO.B | Make lines; set limits on, delimit, demarcate | |
| AHO | Breath | |
| AI.1 | Postposed verbal particle, oblique case anaphor | |
| AI.2 | Exist, be there > have *(i-)ai | |
| A-IA | There it is!, that's it!; interjection of approval |
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