Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
MIGO Wrinkled, shrivelled (Clk)
MIGOI. Twist: *migo(q)i
MILI Rub with flat of hand: massage, caress, pet; rub between hands or fingers
MILO.1 A tree (Thespesia populnea)
MILO.2A Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out
MILO.2B Current in water, whirlpool
MIMI Urinate, urine
MINA Desire
NO MINI-MINI Mat for valuables
MIO.1A Turn, twist: *mio(-qi)
MIO.1B Whirlpool
MIO.2 Extinguished
MIRA ? Fasten, make fast
MIRI Embalm a corpse
MIRU Goddess of the underworld
MISA Dry up, recede (of water), hence emerge (Ebt)
MISI.A Grieve for
MISI.B Sound made with the lips
MITA Proud; to boast
MITI.1 Dream
MITI.2 Bird sp. (Aplonis sp.)
MITI.3A Suck, lick up
MITI.3B Undertow, eddy, ebb
MITI.4 Salt water; sauce (including salt water and coconut cream)
MO And, with
MOA.1 Fowl (Gallus gallus)
MOA.2 Rip (of sea)
MOA.3 Notched ornamentation at end of canoe
MOA.4A Flower-bud of banana, which is cone-shaped, like a whipping top and the head of traditional dart; *moa(moa)
MOA.4B Whipping or spinning top
MOA.5 Soft lower body part
MOAGA Fish sp.; Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) (Hpr)
MOA-MOA Boxfishes (Ostraciontidae): *mo(a)(moa)
MOANA Sea beyond the reef, ocean
CK MOARI Swing n: *mo(o)ari
MOEMOE-AA.* Dream
MOE-NANU Talk in one's sleep
MOFI Burn, be warm, esp. with fever
MOGA Adam's apple
MOGAMOGA Cockroach
MOGUGU
MOHE Sleep
MOHE-GA Bed, sleeping place, sleeping mat
MOHE-MITI Dream
MOHE-QAHO Fish sp., probably shark (said to sleep during the day) *moe(moe)-qao
MOHE-RAGA Sleeping mat
MOHE-TORO Seduce by approaching secretly at night
MOHI A crustacean
MOHO Come into leaf: *mo(f,s)o
CK MOI.1 Word used to call dog or pig

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