Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CK | PIIGOFI | Tongs: *piigo(f,s)i |
| PIIKAO | Package | |
| PIIRARI | Sticky substance | |
| PII-WAI | Undeveloped, of fruit, root crops, or young animals | |
| PIKI.1A | Grip, cling to, stick to | |
| PIKI.1B | Climb, ascend | |
| PIKI.2 | Cramp, to have the cramp, be numb | |
| PIKI-PIKI | Curly (hair) | |
| PIKO.A | Bent, curved, crooked | |
| PIKO.B | Bow, stoop, bend down | |
| PIKO.C | To think, speak or act in a wrong, false or negative way | |
| PILAU | Decayed, stinking | |
| PILI.1A | Adhere, stick to; sticky | |
| PILI.1B | Be close to, next to; joined to, together | |
| NO | PILI.1C | Place on top of; be on top of |
| PILI.2 | Lizard, gecko: *(moko)pili | |
| PILI-PILI | Octopus, cuttlefish | |
| PILITA | A yam (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | |
| PILO | To stink (of excrement), putrid | |
| PIO | Extinguished | |
| PIPI.1 | A bivalve shellfish | |
| PIPI.2 | Tree sp. (Hernandia sp.) | |
| PIPI.3 | Disciple, student, learner | |
| PI-PIKI | Close eyes | |
| PI-PIRI | Name of a pair of stars, and a lunar month or season | |
| PI-PISA | Send up spray, spout | |
| PIRI | Riddle | |
| PIRI-PIRI | A burr; plant spp. with sticking or clinging seed-heads | |
| PISA.* | Box; box-shaped enclosure | |
| PISI.1 | Squirt, spurt, spatter, splash up | |
| PISI.2 | Limpet (Patella sp.) | |
| PISI.3 | To affect, strike (as a disease) | |
| PISO | Head | |
| PITI | To add something | |
| PITO.1 | Navel | |
| PITO.2 | End, extremity; small piece | |
| PITU | Bamboo | |
| PIU.1 | Fan Palm (Pritchardia pacifica) | |
| PIU.2 | Throw, cast away: *pi(q)u | |
| POA.1 | Fish odour; ground bait | |
| POA.2 | Yam sp | |
| POE | Pearl | |
| POFORE.1 | Skinned | |
| POFORE.2 | Escape, survive; be free | |
| POGA.1 | A tree fern (Cyathea sp.) | |
| POGA.2 | Hole, orifice, esp. nostril or other bodily orifice | |
| POGA.3 | Scar, defect on a surface | |
| POGA-A-ISU | Nostril: *poga(-a-)isu | |
| POGA-POGA | Defective or diseased (especially of fruit) | |
| POGI.1 | Dazed, dull-witted |
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