Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LE-LEA.1 | Speech of those possessed by spirits | |
| LELE-A.2 | To be driven away by wind | |
| LELE.B | Possess (of a spirit, possessing a human medium) | |
| LELEFUA.* | Moth, butterfly | |
| LE-LEI | Good | |
| LELU | Disturbed | |
| LEMO.1 | Drown | |
| LEMO.2 | To slip | |
| LEMU | Anus | |
| LENA.1 | Stretch, draw taut | |
| LENA.2 | Wild yam sp (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | |
| SF | LE-NEI | This |
| LEPA.1 | To lie to (of a boat), flap (of sail) | |
| LEPA.2 | Stagnant water | |
| LEPE | Smash, destroy | |
| LEPO | Cover with leaves (as oven, or fruit to ripen) | |
| LEPU | Agitated, rough (of water) | |
| LEQO.1 | Voice | |
| LEQO.2 | Guard, look after | |
| LESI | Deceive, lie; false | |
| LESU | Return | |
| LEU | Ripe | |
| LEU-LEU | Waist garment of bark cloth | |
| LEVA | Long time, long ago | |
| LEWA.1 | Free-float in air or on water, be suspended | |
| LEWA.2 | Tree (Cerbera sp.) | |
| LEWELEWE | Cobweb, spider | |
| LI-AKI | Cast (as a line); throw away | |
| LIALIA | Disgusting | |
| LIE.* | Nit (egg of louse) | |
| LIFA.1 | Frightful, dreadful | |
| LIFA.2 | Chipped, marred | |
| LIFU | Fearful | |
| LIGA | Hand-arm | |
| LIGI | Pour | |
| LIGO | Calm, quiet | |
| LIGO-LIGO | An insect, cricket | |
| LIHA | Nit, egg of louse: *li(h,s)a | |
| LII.1 | To throw | |
| LII.2 | Tie, bind, wind round | |
| LII.3 | Type of coconut with edible husk | |
| LII-TAI | Petrel sp. | |
| LIIWAI | Urinate: *li(i)vai | |
| LIKA | Fear of falling, have nightmare (? of falling) | |
| NO | LIKI | Beat, flog : *(li)liki |
| LIKO.1 | Dirty | |
| LIKO.2 | Encircle, surround | |
| LIKO.3 | Twilight; be dazzled | |
| LIKO.4 | Chase away | |
| LIKU.1 | Back side or windward side of island |
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