Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TANU-TANU | Fish sp | |
| TAO | Spear, lance | |
| TAOGA | Treasured possession, especially a garment: *ta(a)oga | |
| TAOTAO | Fish sp. (Fistularia and Aulostomus spp.) (Hpr.1994): *ta(')ota(')o(ama) | |
| TAPA.1A | Bark-cloth | |
| TAPA.1B | Edge, border, or small piece of cloth | |
| TAPA.1C | Edge, margin, border, rim; small piece | |
| TAPA.2 | Labia | |
| TAPA.3 | Shine, flash | |
| TAPA.4 | Announce, proclaim, give or use a name | |
| TAPAIRU | A woman of high rank | |
| TAPAKAU | Coconut leaf plaited to form a mat | |
| TAPAKI | Take roughly, seize | |
| TAPAPA | Shark sp | |
| TAPARURU | Buzzing, whirring; unsteady; uncontrolled behaviour | |
| TAPA-SI | Split, cut, break | |
| TAPA-TAI | Sea shore: *tapa-(a)-tai | |
| TAPA-TAPA.1 | Slipper lobster (Parribacus sp.) (Scyllaridae) | |
| TAPA-TAPA.2* | Groin, crotch: *tapa(-tapa) | |
| TAPATUU.* | Fish (Sphyraena sp.) (Hpr) | |
| TAPE.1 | Part, bit | |
| TAPE.2 | Basket variety | |
| TA-PENA | Tidy up, prepare | |
| TAPERE | Temporary structure | |
| TAPI.1A | Wash with water; clean by rinsing or splashing with water | |
| TAPI.1B | Wash genital area (of women) | |
| TAPI.1C | Bail out, empty out | |
| TAPILI | To fan | |
| TAPI-TAPI | ?? | |
| TA-POKI | Cover | |
| TA-PONO | Closed | |
| TAPU | Prohibited, under ritual restriction, taboo | |
| TAPU-AFI | Fireplace | |
| TAPUHI | To nurse, tend | |
| TA-PUKE | Mound (for planting) | |
| TA-PUNI | Block, shut; conceal *ta(a)puni | |
| TAPUTAPU-ATEA | Place name (probably the name of a marae) | |
| TAPU-TOKI | A tree (Alectryon sp.) | |
| TAPU-VAQE | Lower leg including foot and ankle and perhaps calf | |
| TAPU-WAQE | Footprint, sole of foot | |
| TAQA.1 | Armoured Soldierfish (Holocentrus spinifer) [Forskal] (Hpr) | |
| TAQA.2 | Sweat | |
| TAQAGA | Composition; words or gesturesto music | |
| TAQAHINE | Girl | |
| TAQAKI | Pull up or out, hoist, extract | |
| TA-QALO | Beckon, signal with the hand | |
| TAQANE | Male | |
| TAQE.1 | Excrement | |
| TAQE.2 | Negativiser | |
| TAQE-KI | Not yet |
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