Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KASOKASO.2 | Yam variety | |
| KATA.1 | Laugh | |
| KATA.2 | Sprig of kava (Piper sp.); stem (of flower or fruit) | |
| KATA.3 | Fish sp., large Caranx (Hpr) | |
| NO | KATA.4 | Snake, eel, intestinal worm |
| KATAFA.A | Frigate-bird, (Fregata minor) | |
| KATAFA.B | Bird's Nest Fern, (Asplenium nidus): *(lau) katafa | |
| KATAMU | Make noise with lips, mutter | |
| KATAU.* | Right (not left) | |
| KATEA | Side of boat opposite to outrigger | |
| KATI | Bite, nip | |
| CK | KATI-POO | Spider with poisonous bite |
| KATI-REHE | Throat, gullet | |
| KATIRU.* | (Cucumis melo) | |
| KATO.1 | Basket | |
| KATO.2 | Pick, pluck, cut off (leaves or flowers) | |
| KATOA | All, whole | |
| KATOFA | Appoint a time | |
| KATOKO | Seabird sp., probably Booby (Sula sp.) | |
| KATONE | Tree sp. (Myristica) (Grf) | |
| KATOTO | A shrub | |
| KATULI | A herb | |
| KAU.1 | Swim | |
| KAU.2A | Bunch, cluster | |
| KAU.2B | Group of people, company | |
| KAU.2C | Counter classifier for various things, 20 general | |
| KAU.3 | Wood, timber | |
| KAU.4 | Stalk, stem, handle | |
| KAU.5 | Edge, side | |
| KAU.6 | First person singular preposed subject pronoun | |
| KAU.7 | Take part, join | |
| KAU.8 | Type of fish hook | |
| KAUA | Negative imperative | |
| KAU-ATI | Part of fire-plough | |
| CK | KAUERE | A tree |
| KAU-FANA | Bow (the weapon) | |
| KAU-FATA | Platform | |
| KAUFAU | An ordered list or recitation | |
| KAU-GUTU | Edge, rim | |
| KAU-HAGA | Groin, crotch, inner edge of thighs: *kau(s,h)aga | |
| KAU-HALA | Roadside | |
| KAU-I | Fasten with cord, as sail to yard or net to frame, lace (Rby) | |
| KAUII.* | Left (not right) | |
| KAU-KAU | Bathe | |
| KAU-LAMA | Dried coconut leaves used as torch | |
| KAULU | Head of a tree | |
| KAU-MAFUTE | Paper Mulberry stick stripped of bark: *(kau-)mafute | |
| KAU-MAI | Give, bring (to speaker) | |
| KAU-MATUA | Elderly man: *kauma(a)tu(q)a | |
| KAU-MEQA | Associate, friend |
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