Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAU-TURU | Support, help | |
| TAU-WALO | To exclaim, cry out | |
| TAWA.1 | Tree sp. (Pometia pinnata) | |
| TAWA.2 | Bivalve shellfish sp. | |
| TAWAHI | Tree sp. (Rhus taitensis) | |
| TAWAKE | Tropic Bird, (Phaeton spp.) | |
| TAWALI | A tree sp | |
| TAWA-RAQU | Tree sp., Dragon Plum (Dracontomelon vitiense) | |
| TAWA-TAWA | Fish sp. (Euthynnus yaito) or (Gymnosarda unicolor) juvenile (Hpr. 1994) | |
| TE.1 | Definite article singular | |
| TE.2 | Allomorph of E.1 *(q)e(e) non past verbal particle. | |
| TEA | White | |
| TEA-TEA | Semen | |
| TEE.1 | Emit a sharp sound (as e.g. a bell) | |
| TEE.2* | Negative | |
| TEE.3 | Progressive aspect | |
| TEE-FEA | Which? which one? | |
| TEE-HENA | Demonstrative pronoun: That (near you) *te(e)-naa | |
| TEE-IA.* | Demonstrative, this, that: *te(e)-ia | |
| TEE-LAA | Demonstrative pronoun: that (distant), yonder *te(e)-laa | |
| CK | TEENAA-KOE | A greeting |
| TEE-NEI | This: *te(e)nei | |
| TEFA.1 | Boast, brag, show off; false display of emotion | |
| TEFA.2 | Stumble sideways, stagger | |
| TEFE | Circumcise | |
| TE-FUA | One, single, alone | |
| TEGA.1A | Compact, rounded objects, such as seeds, muscles, testicles | |
| TEGA.1B | Thigh | |
| TEGA.1C | Seed | |
| TEGA.2 | Cramped, aching | |
| TEGA.3 | Satisfied (of hunger, thirst) | |
| TO | TEGA-MAE | Shellfish sp. |
| TO | TEGI-TEGI | A type of plaiting |
| TEI.1 | Particle indicating present position, or action | |
| TEI.2 | Pre-verbal particle: nearly, almost: *t(ae)(q)i | |
| TEINA.* | Younger sibling or cousin of the same sex | |
| TEI-TEI | High (in altitude or esteem) | |
| TEKA.1 | Roll, rotate, spin | |
| TEKA.2A | Dart | |
| TEKA.2B | Penis | |
| TEKA.3 | Cross-piece (in house timbers or other structure) | |
| TE-KAU | Twenty | |
| TEKE.1 | Crooked; deceitful | |
| TEKE.2 | Keep something upright by a stabilising support or a prop | |
| TEKE.3 | ?? | |
| TEKE.4 | Reject, refuse | |
| TEKI.1 | To hop | |
| TEKI.2 | To twitch, or make a sudden movement, start | |
| TEKO.1 | Project (v), stand out | |
| TEKO.2 | White |
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