Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
FA-LIU Turn round
FALU Some, any, other: *fa(l,n)u
FANA.1 Shoot with a bow: *fana-qia
FANA.2 Hot; heat n
TO FANA.3 Whisper
FANAA Mast
FANAGA Story intended for entertainment and usually containIng repetitions of a short chant
FANAKE.* Ascend, rise
FANA-KIO Tree sp. (Sterculia)
FANAU Have child, give birth, bear
FANAU-GA A consanguineous kin group
FANO.1 To go (of one person)
FANO.2 Wash one's hands
FANO.3 Menstruation, to menstruate
FANO.4 A tree (Guettarda speciosa) (Clk)
FANO-GA Journey; travelling party
FANOGO.A Hear, listen
FANOGO.B Tale, story
FANUA.A Land, country
FANUA.B Placenta, afterbirth
FANUA-MAMALA A tree (Omalanthus [= Homalanthus])
FAO Tree (Neisosperma[= Ochrosia] sp.)
FAQA.1 Stalk n
FAQA.2 Habituative particle
FAQA.3 To burst, split or be cut open *fa(q)a
FAQA.4 Work hard
TO FAQAHI Able to, capable of
FAQA-I To open wide
FAQAKI Disclose information about, tell
FAQALA Search for lice
FAQAO Seize, take by force, rob
FAQAPUKU Hold something in the mouth
FAQA-SI Part, side or half of something
FAQASI-GA Kind, sort
FAQEA Mother: *faqe(a)
FAQELE Mother of (newborn) child; childbirth *faqele(qele)
FAQELU Wipe anus
FAQI Rite, perform ritual: *fa(q)i
FAQI-AVA Channel, passage through reef (Clk)
FAQI-FAQI-TAKI Imitate
FAQI-TOTOKA Entrance, doorway: *faqi-(to)toka
FAQO.1A Peg used for fastening, wooden nail
FAQO.1B Put into, pack in *(fa)faqo
FAQO.1C Chisel-like tool for making holes; to bore a hole, perforate, hole
FAQO.2 Lie facing up or down (with directionals)
FAQU.1 Tie, lash; build
FAQU.2 Garland for head, headband
FAQU-LUA Sea-going craft, probably specifically a double-canoe *f(a,o)qu-lua
FARA Pandanus
FARO.1 Scrape, rub

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