Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| QUMU.1B | Halo round moon or sun | |
| QUNA | Fish scale; turtle-shell | |
| QUNAFI | To scale fish; fish scale | |
| QUNOKO | Contused, bruised | |
| QUNU | Move over, move along; approach, draw near | |
| QUPOKO.* | Head | |
| QURA | Crayfish | |
| QUSI | Dark-coloured, including dark blues and greens | |
| QUTA.1 | Shore (from sea), inland (from shore) | |
| QUTA.2 | To consider, deliberate on | |
| QUTI.1 | Bite | |
| QUTI.2 | Soft but inedible flesh of mollusc; tail-like part of crustacean: *qut(i,e) | |
| QUTO | Sprouting coconut, containing sweet, spongy kernel | |
| QUTU.1 | Fill with water | |
| QUTU.2 | Rock, crag, promontory | |
| QUTU.3 | Fish sp. (Aprion sp.) (Hpr) | |
| QUU.A | Bundle of long thin things (Clk) | |
| QUU.B | Reed (Miscanthus sp.) | |
| QUUQUU | Coconut crab (Birgus latro) | |
| -RA | Demonstrative clitic: there, yonder (not near speaker or addressee) | |
| RAA | Demonstrative particle: there, yonder (not near speaker or addressee) | |
| RAAFUI.* | Prohibit | |
| RAAGAHU.* | Charcoal | |
| RAAKAU.1 | A phase of the moon (full moon and/or third quarter); a series of nights of the lunar cycle (following the middle period). | |
| RAAKAU.2 | Medicine | |
| RAFIRAFI | Temple, of head: *rafi-rafi(-ga) | |
| RAFO | Rod or lath used in construction | |
| CK | RAGA | Search |
| RAGATIRA | Chief of secondary status | |
| RAGI | Exercise leadership, give directions (particularly in food distribution) | |
| RAGI-AATEA | Placename | |
| CK | RAGI-MAARIE | ?? |
| RAGI-TOTO | Placename | |
| RAKO | Light-coloured, pale | |
| RAKOA.1 | Sea bird sp. | |
| RAKOA.2 | Fish sp. | |
| RAKU | Scratch (v.t.) | |
| RAMA | Torch; to fish at night with torches | |
| RANO | Lake, swamp | |
| RANU.A | Bathe or wash in fresh water, add water | |
| RANU.B | Amnion, amniotic fluid; other fluids associated with childbirth | |
| RAPU | Gather | |
| RAQA | Branch (of tree) | |
| RAQA-KAU.A | Tree, plant | |
| RAQA-KAU.B | Wood, wooden; piece of wood, stick, object made of wood; tool, device | |
| RAQA-RAQA | Branchy, having branches; small branches | |
| RAQU | Share (of feast) (Rby) | |
| RARA.1 | Heat over fire to smoke, grill, roast (of food) or render supple (of leaves): *(l,r)a(l,r)(gi) | |
| RARA.2 | Side, to be on the side, move to the side | |
| RARE.A | Have speech impediment, speak indistinctly |
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