Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PALAA | Feather, plume: *pala(q)(a) | |
| PA-LAFA | Flat, wide; broad, flat object | |
| PALAGI | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus sp.) | |
| PALAI | A yam (Dioscorea nummularia) | |
| NO | PA-LALA | Black: *quli palala |
| PALALAA | A kind of noise | |
| PALALAFA | Butt end of coconut frond midrib | |
| NO | PALALAMA | Canoe part |
| PALA-PALA | Dirty, mucky, filthy | |
| PALA-TAO | Fern sp: *pal(a,e)tao | |
| PALA-TUQU | Over-ripe, of fruit | |
| PALAU | To boast, brag | |
| PALE.1A | Ward off; protection, defense | |
| PALE.1B | Support, assist | |
| PALE.2 | Head-dress | |
| PALE.3A | Steer a canoe; row a boat | |
| PALE.3B | To turn, lean to one side | |
| PALE.3C | Decline, of sun or moon | |
| TO | PALEA | Strike or encounter unexpectedly, accidentally |
| PA-LEMO | To drown | |
| PALE-PALE | Scaffolding, platform | |
| PALE-TAI | Foredeck, splashboards or washboards of a canoe | |
| PALE-TUQA | Back-rest; support | |
| PALI.1A | Cliff | |
| PALI.1B | Action of waves breaking against coast | |
| PALI.2 | Front of body below navel | |
| PALI.3 | Fast, go without food, mourn | |
| PALOLO.A | Balolo worm (Balola (Eunice) viridis) | |
| PALOLO.B | A month or season | |
| PALOLO-MULI | Name of a lunar month | |
| PALOLO-MUQA | Name of a lunar month | |
| PALU.1 | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) | |
| PALU.2 | Knead, mix | |
| PANA.1A | Release something held under tension, recoil | |
| PANA.1B | Throb | |
| PANA.1C | Bow n | |
| NO | PANA.2 | Accustomed, used to |
| PANAU | A type of movement | |
| PANE.A | Blunt or knoblike projection | |
| PANE.B | Glans penis | |
| PANI.1 | Paint, smear, rub oil on | |
| PANI.2 | Block up | |
| PANI.3 | Ritual humbling of self or others; prayer, supplication (Rby) | |
| PANI.4 | Pillage, destroy property | |
| PANOKO | Fish spp. including Blennies | |
| PAO.1 | Strike something with something else, as in hammering nail, using mallet, playing bowls | |
| PAO.2 | Fringe, tassle | |
| NO | PAO.3 | Wash up on shore |
| PAOPAO | Dugout canoe | |
| PAPA.1A | Board, plank |
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