Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAKA-TAKA | Plant sp., a grass or sedge | |
| TAKAURE | A fly sp | |
| TA-KAWE | Wear something around the neck | |
| TAKA-WIRI | Turn, twist | |
| TAKE.1 | Base, origin, source | |
| TAKE.2 | Pointed end of coconut, the end broken off for drinking | |
| TAKELE.A | Base; bottom (of canoe), keel | |
| TAKELE.B | Bottom of the sea | |
| TAKELE.C | Hollow out, empty | |
| TAKEO | Poison, poisonous, toxic; poisoned; drunk | |
| TAKE-TAKE | A seabird, probably a white tern | |
| TAKI.1 | To lead, tow, guide | |
| TAKI-.2 | Distributive prefix | |
| TAKINI | Part of lower abdomen | |
| TAKO.1 | Dark colour | |
| CC | TAKO.2 | Some aspect of speech |
| TAKO.3 | High, upright | |
| TA-KOKI | Sprained (of foot or ankle) | |
| TAKOTO | Lie down | |
| TAKU.1 | Mention (v), recite | |
| TAKU.2 | My (neutral category of possession) | |
| TAKU.3 | Hollow (n), concavity | |
| TAKU.4 | Slow | |
| TAKUA.1 | A pelagic fish sp *taku(a,o) | |
| TAKU-A.2 | Reputedly, they say | |
| RO | TAKU-HALI | Sea-snake |
| TAKULUA | A star and month name, probably Sirius, but with qualifiers the name is used for other stars | |
| TAKUPU | Booby sp | |
| TAKUU | Cutting or splitting instrument made of tortoise-shell or shell | |
| TALA.1 | Sharp-pointed object, spine, prong | |
| TALA.2 | Narrate, narration | |
| TALA.3 | Untie, undo | |
| TALA.4 | Tern species (Sterna lunata) (Thalassius bergii) | |
| TALAAO | Fish sp, grouper (Epinephelus sp.): *talaao(a) | |
| TALA-A-TUQA | Dorsal fin, dorsal spine of fish: *tala-(a)-tuqa | |
| TALAE | Fish sp. (Ebt) | |
| TALAFA | Whiskers (Ebt) (Rby) | |
| TALAGA | Traditional person, parent of Tikitiki; a star | |
| TALAI | Hew, carve | |
| TALAKI | Announce, proclaim | |
| TALAKISI | Fish sp. (Holocentridae) | |
| TALA-MEA | Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) | |
| TALA-NOA | Talk informally, converse | |
| TALA-QA-MOA | A bush (Caesalpinia sp.): *tala(tala)-qaa-moa | |
| TALASEA | Marine creature, perhaps a sea-slug | |
| TALA-TALA.A | Thorny, prickly; rough (surface) | |
| TALA-TALA.B | Soldierfish or Squirrelfish sp | |
| TALA-TUPUQA | Myth, traditional story (Clk) | |
| TALAWA | Squid: *ta(a)lawa | |
| TALA-WAI. | Juice, liquid medicine |
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