Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAQE-NIFO | Gums (gingivae): *taqe-(i)-nifo | |
| TAQE-PUPULU | Sea cucumber (beche de mer) species | |
| TAQE-TULI.1 | Ear wax | |
| TAQE-TULI.2 | A millipede or centipede | |
| TA-QIA | Strike, hit | |
| TAQO.1 | Cook in earth oven | |
| TAQO.2A | Press down, weigh down with a weight: *taqo(mi) | |
| TAQO.2B | Wooden poles weighing down roof thatch | |
| TAQO.3A | Cover, conceal | |
| TAQO.3B | Sit on eggs | |
| TAQO-KAWE. | Coconut variety | |
| TAQOKETE.A | Older sibling of the same sex | |
| TAQOKETE.B | Sibling-in-law of the same sex | |
| TAQO-KUPU | Hip, waist: *taq(o,u)(puku, kupu) | |
| TAQO-PATU | Upper ridgepole above the *taqufufu *taq(o,u)-p(a,o)tu | |
| TAQU.1 | Season, year | |
| TAQU.2A | Preposed particle marking nouns as plural or members of a class | |
| TAQU.2B | Age-class, generation | |
| TAQUFUFU | Ridge-pole: *taq(o,u)fufu | |
| TARA | The end wall of a house | |
| TARAIRE | A tree (Terminalia sp.) | |
| TARI-NIHO | Gums | |
| TARU | Fat (adj) | |
| TASA | One | |
| TASI.1 | One | |
| TASI.2 | Scrape, shave, whittle | |
| TATA.1 | Near | |
| TATA.2 | Pull, tug, jerk | |
| TATAA | Canoe bailer; to bail out water from a canoe | |
| TATAGIA | A tree (Acacia sp.) (Clk) | |
| TATAQO | To follow, chase | |
| TATAU.1 | Tattoo | |
| TATAU.2 | Equal, the same as; to match, fit (Rby) | |
| TATAU.3 | Wring out, squeeze out, express (Rby) | |
| TATE | Garbled speech | |
| TATIFI | Fish sp. (Naso sp.) (Hpr) | |
| -TA-TOU | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix | |
| TATUU | Agitated or uncontrolled movement | |
| TAU.1 | Skilful at, familiar with; suitable, fitting | |
| TAU.10 | Be hit (Rby): *tau-lia | |
| TAU.11 | Pick (fruit, flowers, leaves) | |
| TAU.12 | Cover (vt); covering of earth oven | |
| TAU.13 | Carry (or be carried) on back | |
| TAU-.14 | Prefix to numerals, deriving nouns which denote a group (bunch, cluster) of that number | |
| TAU.2 | Hang, be suspended | |
| TAU.3 | Count, tell; read (Ebt) *(ta)tau | |
| TAU.4 | War, fight, make war | |
| TAU.5 | Come to rest, perch, alight (as a bird), anchor (as a vessel), arrive by sea | |
| TAU.6 | End section of canoe | |
| TAU-.7A | Prefix marking reciprocal action or repeated action |
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