Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NIKO | Circular or curved; to go in circles or in curves | |
| NIKU | Rib of coconut leaflet | |
| NIMO.1 | Vanish, forget | |
| NIMO.2 | Vertigo: *(ni-)nimo | |
| NINA | Cover, devastate | |
| NINI.1 | Vertigo | |
| TO | NINI.2 | Tremble, shiver |
| NINI.3 | Smear, daub, rub on | |
| NINO.* | Twist | |
| NITI | Tight, crowded (Rby): *(n,g)iti | |
| NIU.1 | Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) | |
| NIU.2 | To spin around; spinning top (toy) | |
| NIUFI.* | Shark species | |
| NIWA.* | Giddy, dizzy | |
| NO | Belonging to, from, of (subordinate possessive): *no(o) | |
| NOA.1 | Be common, worthless | |
| NOA.2 | Postposed particle signifying non-restriction; just, only, without limit, without result | |
| NOFA | Seabird sp | |
| NOFO | Sit, dwell | |
| NOFO-A | Seat: *nofo-(q)a | |
| NOFU | Stonefish (Scorpaenopsis sp.) | |
| NOGA | Tranquil and at ease | |
| NOHINOHI | Small, short | |
| NOKE.* | Earthworm | |
| NOKO.1A | Backside, buttocks | |
| NOKO.1B | Stern of a canoe | |
| NOKO.2 | Past continuative aspect marker | |
| NOKU | Bend v | |
| NONE | Excess, surfeit | |
| NONI.1 | A tree (Morinda citrifolia) | |
| NONI.2 | Mix, mixed; crooked, bent | |
| NONO.1 | Small flying insect, sandfly, midge | |
| NONO.2* | A shrub (Morinda citrifolia) | |
| NONU | Tree sp. (Morinda citrifolia) | |
| NOO-GIA | To ask for something, solicit | |
| NOQA | Bind, tie: *noq(a,o) | |
| NOQI.* | To ask for something, solicit | |
| NO-TE-MEA | Because | |
| NOU.1 | To make a jerking movement | |
| NOU.2 | Greedy | |
| NOU.3 | Contract the body; short | |
| NUAFINE | Old woman, wife | |
| NUANUA. | Rainbow | |
| TO | NUE | Fish sp., probably rudderfish (Kyphosus) |
| NUI.1 | Big | |
| CC | NUI.2* | Coconut: *nu(i,u) |
| TO | NUKA.1 | Bud, tip |
| NUKA.2 | Layered | |
| NUKA-NUKA | A shrub (Decaspermum fruticosum) | |
| NUKU.1 | Earth, land |
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