Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
KALU.D Loose, slack, wrinkled; skin of foetus, newborn or elderly person
KALU-KALU.A Jellyfish
KALU-KALU.B Newborn infant
KAMA.1 Talkative
KAMA.2 Burn, afire, alight
KAMAI Fish sp., Rainbow Runner (Elegatis bipinnulatus)
KAMA-KAMA.1 Crab sp: *ka(ma)-kama
CC KAMA-KAMA.2 Fish sp
KAMATA.1 Begin
TO KAMATA.2 Taste
KAMI.1 Open and shut mouth, gills
KAMI.2 To desire something
NO KAMI.3 Run or walk in a particular way
KAMO.1 Beckon; make sign with hand or eye
KAMO.2 Steal; approach or take by stealth
KAMU.1 Chew, munch
KAMU.2 Cut off
KAMU.3 Coral
KANA.1 A kind of sponge used as an abrasive; to polish with such
KANA.2 Stare at; give the evil eye
KA-NA.3 If (counterfactual)
KANAGA Joke, personal taunt
KANAHE Mullet
KANA-KANA-QA-LAGI Fish sp.
KA-NAPA Flash, glitter, sparkle
KANAPU.1 Seabird (Sula sp.)
KANAPU.2 Lightning
KANAWA A tree (Cordia subcordata): *ka(a)nawa
KANE-KANE Anus
KANIWA The Milky Way
KANO.1A Flesh (of plant or animal); substance, or essential part of anything; seed, kernel
KANO.1B Social group
FU KANO.2 Unwilling, reluctant
KANOFI Flesh of fruit or animal
KANO-FI-MATA Eyeball: *kano-((f,q)i)-(mata)
KANO-FI-NIFO Gums (gingivae): *kano(-fi)-nifo
KANO-KANO Wasp
KANO-MATE Meat, esp. lean meat
KANOPOGI Bereavement
KANO-WAKA Crew of canoe
KANU Pattern, design (e.g. on pottery, tapa, tattooing)(Clk)
KANUME A tree (Diospyros sp.)
KAO.1 New shoot; to sprout
KAO.2 Dried food, such as sweet potato, taro or fish
KAO.3 Green heron (Butorides striatus) (Clk)
KAO.4 Slender, narrow: *(ka-)kao
KAO-KAO Side, rib; analogous parts of a house or canoe *(hui) kaokao
KAPA.1 Stretch out hands, reach for, grasp (Clk): *ka(ka)pa
KAPA.2 Dance
KAPA.3 Flash; sudden motion (Clk)

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