Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TO | FAGA.6 | Plurality (of animals); type, breed |
| FAGA.7 | Temples; hair on the side of the head | |
| FAGA-FAQO | A pet | |
| FAGA-LOA | A placename | |
| FAGA-MEA | A fish (Lutjanus sp.): *faga-(mea) | |
| FAGA-PARAOA | Place-name | |
| FAGA-SELE | A favourite (and spoiled?) child | |
| FAGATUA | To wrestle | |
| FAGO | Blow or speak through nose | |
| FAGU.1 | Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); gourd container | |
| FAGU.2 | Breathe, blow through nose | |
| FAGU-FAGU | Nose-flute *(fagu)fagu | |
| FAI.1 | Stingray | |
| FAI.2A | Make, do | |
| FAI.2B | Copulate | |
| FAI.2C | Say, tell | |
| FAI-.3 | Prefix deriving noun performer from certain verbs (Rby) | |
| FAI.3A | Be, happen, exist | |
| FAI.3B | To have, possess | |
| FAI.4 | Cat's cradle, string games | |
| FAI.5 | Fight | |
| FAI-.6 | Prefix to kin terms deriving (i) verbs meaning 'treat as, adopt as', (ii) collective nouns referring to pairs or groups of persons so related | |
| FAI.7 | Follow: *(fa)fai | |
| FAI-FEKAU | Carry a message, do work; messenger, worker | |
| FAI-GA | Deed, action; way of doing; try, persist | |
| FAI-GAOFIE | Easy, not difficult | |
| FAI-GATAQA | Difficult | |
| FAI-KAI | Food cooked with coconut cream | |
| FAI-MANU | Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) | |
| FAI-QAHAWANA | To marry | |
| FAI-QUMU | Cook in earth oven | |
| FAI-REPO | A kind of ray (Clk) | |
| FAI-TAHINA | Group of siblings of same sex | |
| FAI-TALIHA | Act freely, do as one pleases: *fa(')i-tali(h,s)a | |
| FAI-TAMA | Be pregnant | |
| FAI-TAMANA | Father and children | |
| FAI-TAU | Gather leaves to cover oven | |
| FAITITILI.* | Thunder: *fa(a)i(ti)tili | |
| TO | FAI-TOQO | Medical practices |
| FAIVA | Fishing | |
| FAI-VELI | Copulate | |
| FAIWA | Skill, special ability, occupation, performance (Clk) | |
| FAKA-.1 | Causative prefix | |
| FAKA-.2 | Similative prefix: to be or behave like (with nouns) | |
| FAKA-.3 | Repetitive prefix (with numerals) | |
| FAKA-.4 | Quotative: to say "...", particularly with words for "yes" and "no" | |
| NO | FAKAA | Coconut husk |
| FAKA-AGI | To make a breeze; to expose to wind; enjoy the breeze, take the air: *faka-agi(agi) | |
| FU | FAKAALA | Provide food, make contribution of food |
| FAKA-EA | Draw breath, rest |
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