Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KA-KAU.1 | Swim, as humans do | |
| KA-KAU.2 | Handle, stalk, stem | |
| KAKAWA | Sweat, be sweaty | |
| KAKE | Climb | |
| KAKE-GA | Ladder, steps: *ka(a)kega | |
| KAKII.* | Throat, neck: *ka(a)kii | |
| KA-KORE | Negative predicate marker; negative existential: there is none; pro-negative 'no!' | |
| KAKU.1 | Approach, attempt | |
| KAKU.2 | Scrape, scrape together | |
| KALA.1 | Male genitalia | |
| KALA.2 | Smart, sting (as from iodine) | |
| KALAA | Hard, black, volcanic stone | |
| KALAE | Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) | |
| KALAGA | To call out (to someone) | |
| KALAKA | A tree (Planchonella sp.) | |
| FU | KALALA | Thin |
| KALALAA | Sizzle | |
| KALA-MISI | Crab sp | |
| KALAPA | Fish sp. | |
| KALAQAFAU | Cheek | |
| KALAQAPUSI | A shrub sp. (Acalypha grandis) | |
| KALAWA.1 | Strand of fibre from outer skin of coconut frond midrib | |
| KALAWA.2 | Blood visible on the skin | |
| KALE.1 | A wave that ripples or breaks, rather than a swell; ripple; surface of water | |
| KALE.2 | To rush, be hasty | |
| KALE-KALE.A | Agitated, disturbed (of sea or water surface) | |
| KALEQA | A univalve shellfish sp | |
| KALEU.A | Agile, vigorous motion | |
| KALEU.B | Turn, change direction | |
| KALEVE | Sap from inflorescence of coconut palm (Clk) | |
| KALEWELEWE | Cobweb, spider | |
| KALI.1 | Wooden pillow | |
| KALI.2 | Dig, by scooping or scraping out | |
| KALI.3 | Penis | |
| KALIA | Double canoe | |
| KALI-KAO | A univalve mollusc (Trochus sp.) | |
| KALISI.1A | Skink, a kind of lizard | |
| KALISI.1B | Insect sp. (cicada or cricket): *ka(a)lisi | |
| KALISI.2 | Rope used on fishing net; net sinker | |
| KALO.1 | Dodge, evade | |
| KALO.2 | A tree | |
| KALO.3 | Pick something out of a hole, excavate, dig out | |
| TO | KALO.4 | Stir |
| KALO-AMA | Goatfish or Surmullet: *kalo(ama) | |
| KALO-KALO | Erythrina flower | |
| KALOLO | Bowstring; taut (as a bowstring, stay in rigging) | |
| KALO-(QI)-AFI | Spark (from fire) | |
| KALU.A | Loose or wrinkled membrane or flesh surrounding a harder interior substance, as around seeds or the eyeball | |
| KALU.B | Viscous or clotted matter, e.g. mucus, clotted blood, dregs or residue | |
| KALU.C | Viscous, clotted, jelly-like |
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