Reconstruction Level: AN - Austronesian

Reconstruction Description
QUFI.1 Yam (Dioscorea)
QUGA Hermit crab sp
QUHA Rain
QULU.1 Head, hair
QUMAGA Garden: *(q)umaga
QUNA Fish scale; turtle-shell
QUNAFI To scale fish; fish scale
QURA Crayfish
QUTA.1 Shore (from sea), inland (from shore)
QUTI.2 Soft but inedible flesh of mollusc; tail-like part of crustacean: *qut(i,e)
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
RAQA Branch (of tree)
RARA.1 Heat over fire to smoke, grill, roast (of food) or render supple (of leaves): *(l,r)a(l,r)(gi)
RIKI Small
ROFA Span, fathom
ROGO.1A Hear
ROGO.1B News (i.e. that which is heard)
RUA Two
SA Non-specific article
SALA.1 Err, error; crime, sin; to miss (a target)
SALATO Tree nettle (Dendrocnide harveyi)
SAPO Take in the hand; catch something in flight
SASA Beat
SUU.1 Liquid, wet, watery
TAA.1B Cut, chop, carve
TAGI.A Cry, weep, mourn, lament
TAHINA Younger sibling of same sex
TALI.1 Wait
TALI.3A Cord, noose, anything used for tying
TALIGA Ear
TALO.1 Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
TAMA-NA Father
TANU Bury
TAPI.1A Wash with water; clean by rinsing or splashing with water
TAQANE Male
TAQE.1 Excrement
TAQUFUFU Ridge-pole: *taq(o,u)fufu
TASI.2 Scrape, shave, whittle
TAWA-RAQU Tree sp., Dragon Plum (Dracontomelon vitiense)
TIA.2 Lower abdomen
TIMU.1 Squall, rain
TINA-NA.A Mother
TINAQE.A Intestines, belly
TOA A tree (Casuarina equisetifolia)
TOFI To cut in pieces, divide
TOKI Adze, axe
TOLU Three

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