Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TO | TAGA-TOO | Loose |
| TAGI.A | Cry, weep, mourn, lament | |
| TAGI.B | (Of animals, birds etc.) make characteristic sound | |
| TAGO.A | Touch, take hold of | |
| TAGO.B | Grope, feel for; fish for octopus etc.; go about at night | |
| TAGO.C | Dark; intensifier for words describing darkness | |
| TAGULU | Deep-toned sound, as of thunder, snoring: *ta(a)gulu | |
| TAGUTU | Tree stump: *ta(a)gutu | |
| TAHI.1 | Shallow sea near shore or in lagoon, salt water, tide | |
| TAHI.2 | (Heart)wood (particularly of Cordia subcordata) | |
| TAHINA | Younger sibling of same sex | |
| TAHUTI | Rotten (Clk) | |
| TAI | A kin term or social category: age-class? | |
| TAIKI.* | Hard (of timber), heartwood | |
| TAIKO | Sea-bird sp., probably petrel | |
| TA-ILI | To fan; to blow | |
| TAI-MAFA.* | Heavy: *ta(e,i)mafa | |
| TAINA | Same sex sibling | |
| TAI-NAFI | Yesterday | |
| TAINOKA | A plant (Cassytha filiformis) | |
| CK | TAINUI | A plant |
| TAI-PII | High tide | |
| TAI-QAO | Early morning, dawn; tomorrow | |
| CK | TAI-RUA | Valley, gully |
| TAI-TAI | Salty, brackish | |
| TAI-TAMA | Adolescent | |
| TAI-TEA | Sapwood | |
| TA-ITI | Young male child | |
| TAKA.1A | Revolve, to roll, to go roundabout, wander | |
| TAKA.1B | Be unmarried, single (Rby) | |
| TAKA.1C | Keep company | |
| TAKA.1D | Loose, separated | |
| TAKA.2A | Tread on, trample: *taka-fi | |
| TAKA.2B | Sandal (Rby) | |
| TAKAA | Snood, the binding attaching a hook to a fishing line | |
| TAKA-AANINI | Be dizzy, experience vertigo | |
| TAKAFALU | A small tree (Micromelum minutum) | |
| TAKA-FITI | Somersault, tumble, fall head over heels | |
| TAKA-FULI | Turn over v.i | |
| TAKA-GA | Group, flock, shoal: *ta(a)ka-ga | |
| TAKAI | Wrap around, encircle, surround | |
| TAKALE | Coconut stage | |
| TAKA-LILI | Tremble, shudder | |
| TAKALO | Play; game: *ta(a)-kalo | |
| TAKA-MILO | Go round and round | |
| TAKAO | Speech | |
| TAKAPAU | Floormat (plaited from coconut fronds) | |
| TAKAPE | A fish (Lutjanus kasmira) | |
| TAKA-PUNI | Go around, surround *taka-p(i,u)ni | |
| TAKA-SISI | Scoop out coconut meat; cut copra *taka-si(s)i |
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