Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MATA-QI-TALIGA | Hammer-head shark (Sphyrna sp.) | |
| MATAQU.1 | Fishhook: *ma(a)taqu | |
| MATAQU.2 | Right (not left) | |
| MATA-SIAPO | Firstborn | |
| MATATA | Tear, split | |
| MATA-TILI | Coconut growth stage | |
| MATA-TOQA | Bold, brave | |
| MATAU.A | Axe: *mata(q)u | |
| MATAU.B | Tattooing chisel: *mata(a)u | |
| MATA-WAI | Spring, source of river | |
| MATE.1A | Die, dead; sick, illness | |
| MATE.1B | Unconscious, lose consciousness, faint; numb, paralyzed | |
| MATE.1C | Feel strong desire or need | |
| MATE.1D | Extinguished (as a light, fire) | |
| MATE.1E | Very calm (of sea or weather); low tide | |
| MATE.2 | Guess | |
| MATE-GA | Death; illness | |
| MATE-GUUGUU | Exhausted, numb | |
| MATE-HOGE | To be hungry, starving | |
| MATE-KAI | Hungry; hunger | |
| MATE-WAI | Thirsty; thirst | |
| MATI.1 | A tree (Ficus tinctoria) | |
| MATI.2 | Of vegetable matter: half-dry, wilted; stale, not fresh | |
| MATIE | Grass | |
| MATI-KAO | Finger, toe | |
| MA-TIKE | Stand up, arise | |
| MATI-KUKU | Nail (of finger or toe), claw, hoof | |
| MA-TILA | Bamboo; bamboo fishing rod; bamboo knife | |
| MATINI | A type of offering | |
| MATIWA | Poor | |
| MATO | Precipice, steep place, cliff | |
| MA-TOFI.A | Be split in two | |
| MA-TOFI.B | A stage of the waning moon; late middle period of lunar cycle | |
| MA-TOSI | Striped, scratched | |
| MA-TOU.A | First person exclusive plural preposed subject pronoun | |
| -MA-TOU.B | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix | |
| RO | MATU | A fish (Gerres sp.) |
| MA-TUKU | To lessen (in quantity, intensity or concentration) | |
| MATUKU.A | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) | |
| MATUKU.B | A demon heron killed by Rata | |
| MATUQA.A | Large, full grown, mature (of people), adult; old person, elder | |
| MATUQA.B | Main, principal; also in expressions for "thumb" and "big toe" | |
| MATUQA.C | Parent | |
| MATUQA-ULAU | Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) | |
| MATUQU.A | Dry (of something that was originally wet), dried out; congealed, desiccated | |
| MATUQU.B | Coconut growth stage | |
| CK | MATUU | Fat |
| MAU | Paucal or plural marker | |
| CO | MAUA-KENA.* | Booby (Sula sp.) |
| MA-UI | Ill, not well, sick |
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