Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KAU-MOANA | Sailor, mariner | |
| KAU-NA | Order, command, send on an errand | |
| KAUNA-GA | Servant, slave | |
| KAU-NATI.* | Fire-bed used with fire-plough to produce fire by friction | |
| KAU-NATU | Fire-plough | |
| KAUNUNU | Name of a lunar month | |
| KAUPAPA | Rock platform or shelf | |
| KAU-QAA | Fence, wall | |
| KAU-QAHE | Cheek, chin, jawbone | |
| KAU-QALIKI | Tree sp. (Terminalia) | |
| KAU-QAMO | Shoulder carrying pole | |
| KAU-QULI | A tree (Diospyros samoensis) *(kau)kau-quli | |
| KAURAKA | Mark of negative imperative; do not | |
| KAU-RIMA | Fireplough | |
| KAU-TAA | Small wooden implement, probably drum-stick | |
| KAU-TALIGA | Ear-lobe | |
| KAUTE | A flowering shrub (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | |
| KAUTUKU.* | Bird sp., probably a heron | |
| KAU-WAI | Bank of a stream or other body of water | |
| KAU-WAKA | Crew of a canoe: *kau-waka | |
| KAVA | Grave (n) | |
| KAV-AGE | Give, take, send (to third person) | |
| KAV-AKE | Give, take (up, away) | |
| KAV-ATU | Give, take (to hearer) | |
| KAVAU | Quarrel | |
| KAVEI | Tentacle of octopus etc.: *ka(a)vei | |
| KAVITI.1 | Crab sp., ghost crab (Ocypode sp.) | |
| KAVITI.2 | Point attached to a trolling lure | |
| KAWA.1A | Plant sp. (Piper methysticum) and drink made from it | |
| KAWA.1B | Sour, bitter | |
| KAWA.1C | The occasion of drinking *kava*, and its associated ritual | |
| KAWA.2 | Beard | |
| KAWA.3 | A fish: Kawa(kawa) | |
| KAWA-KAWA | Plant (Piper or Macropiper sp.) | |
| KAWA-KAWA-QATUA | Shrub or vine (Piper sp.) | |
| TT | KAWAKE | Moon, month |
| KAWA-PUI | Plant sp., ginger (Zingiber) | |
| KAWA-PUSI.* | A fragrant plant | |
| KAWA-SASA | A creeper used to poison fish (Derris trifoliata) | |
| KAWA-SUSU | A shrub (Tephrosia purpurea) used to poison fish: *ka(wa,u)susu | |
| KAWE.1A | Tentacle (of octopus etc.) | |
| KAWE.1B | String, thread; ray of light; other elongated objects | |
| KAWE.2A | To carry something | |
| KAWE.2B | Straps for carrying something on the back | |
| KAWE.3 | Persist | |
| KAWE.4 | Sibling of opposite sex | |
| KAWE-AU | ||
| KAWE-GA | Load, burden | |
| KAWEI | Carrying cord, handle: *ka(a)wei | |
| KAWEIGA | That which is steered for (usually a star) |
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