Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FULE.A | Peel, uncover | |
| FULE.B | Retract foreskin; masturbate: *fule('i) | |
| FULE.C | Strip plants of leaves | |
| RO | FULESEU | Bird sp., a honeyeater |
| FULI.1 | Turn (round or over) | |
| FULI.2 | All | |
| FULI-FULI | Discuss, turn over in the mind | |
| FULI-TUQA | Turn one's back on | |
| NO | FULO | Go, run (plural) |
| FULU.1 | Body hair, feathers | |
| FULU.2 | Rub on (face or body); wash by rubbing or wiping | |
| FULU.3 | Appearance, nature, sort | |
| FULU-FULU | Body hair, fur, feathers; hairy | |
| FULU-MATA | Eyelashes, eyebrows: *fulu(-fulu)-mata | |
| FUNA.1A | Conceal: *fu(u)na(a) | |
| FUNA.1B | Put on loincloth or similar garment | |
| FUNA.2 | Middle period night of the lunar cycle | |
| CC | FUNA.3 | Destroy, eradicate |
| FUNA.4 | Moult | |
| FUNA-FUNA | A bêche-de-mer (Holothuria sp.) | |
| FUNAOGA.* | Child-in-law | |
| FUNE.1 | Downy or furry; downy core of breadfruit | |
| FUNE.2 | The itch, scabies; be itchy | |
| FUNU | Pubic hair | |
| FUQAGA | Whetstone, grindstone | |
| FUQAIKA | A fish (Carangoides) | |
| FUQI | Wash feet or hands, pour water over, soak | |
| FUQU | Base or lower end of a tree | |
| FURE | Rump, pubic region | |
| FUSI.1 | Swampy area, especially one under cultivation | |
| FUSI.2 | Tie together | |
| FUSU | Box (v), fight with fists | |
| FUTA.1 | To inflate, swell up; float of fishing net; to boast | |
| FUTA.2 | To jump | |
| KN | FUTAA | Group of things approaching |
| FUTI.1 | Pluck hair or feathers, pull up weeds, pull on a line or rope | |
| FUTI.2 | Banana | |
| FUTU | Fish-poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica) | |
| FUU.1A | Explosive noise of any kind | |
| FUU.1B | Clap hands together, making a hollow, explosive sound (Rby) | |
| FUU.2A | Secret, conceal: *(fu)fuu | |
| FUU.2B | Sex organs | |
| FU | FUU.2C | Game involving hiding something |
| FUU.3 | Fine sand, sediment | |
| FUUFAA | Thigh | |
| -GA | Gerundive suffix | |
| GAA.1 | Breathe, pant | |
| GAA.2A | Plural marker preposed to definite or specific nouns; reanalyzed as plural definite article in a number of languages | |
| GAA.2B | Paucal number marker: *(g,n)aa | |
| GAA-.3 | Locality prefix |
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