Reconstruction Level: MP - Malayo-Polynesian
| Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|
| KAFU.A | To cover, covering (esp. of person); clothing, put on clothing |
| KAHA.1 | To burn (intransitive): *(ka)kaha |
| KAMI.1 | Open and shut mouth, gills |
| KANAHE | Mullet |
| KANAWA | A tree (Cordia subcordata): *ka(a)nawa |
| KAPU.1A | Cup-like container |
| KASI.1 | Bivalve shellfish (Asaphidae) |
| KASO.2 | Reed (Miscanthus floridulus) |
| KATA.2 | Sprig of kava (Piper sp.); stem (of flower or fruit) |
| KATO.1 | Basket |
| KAWE.1A | Tentacle (of octopus etc.) |
| KAWE.2A | To carry something |
| KEMO | Wink, blink |
| KIE.A | Pandanus sp. used for making fine mats |
| KILA.2 | Open eyes wide, stare: *(ki)kila |
| KILO | Look (sideways) at |
| KIU.1 | Plover or other wading bird |
| KOLO.2 | Intend, desire |
| KOMI | Close the jaws on |
| KOOPUU.A | Fish gullet |
| KOPA.2 | Weak, lame |
| KOPI.A | Double together, fold |
| KULU.1 | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) |
| KULU-KULU.3 | Tree sp. (Meryta macrophylla) (Grf) |
| KUMI.3A | Squeeze in the hand, grasp |
| KUMU.2 | Rinse the mouth; hold liquid in mouth |
| LAFA-LAFA | Flat and/or broad: *la(fa)lafa |
| LAI | Fish sp. (Scomberoides sancti-patri) |
| LAKA.1 | Go, step, step over |
| LAPA.1A | Flat, broad: *lapa(lapa) |
| LAPU | Knead to a pulp |
| LASO.A | Scrotum and testicles |
| LAWE.1 | Quill feathers, plumes |
| LIFA.1 | Frightful, dreadful |
| LILI.2 | Agitated (of liquid); rough (of sea), stormy; boil (of water) |
| LIMA.B | Hand, arm |
| LIMU | Moss, seaweed |
| LITO.1 | Burn, flame: *(qa)lito |
| LOKU | Bent, bowed down |
| LOLO.2 | Flood, submerge |
| LOMA.2A | Subside, abate (of flood, tide, sea, strong wind) |
| LOPI | ?? |
| LUA.1 | Hole, pit |
| LUU.2 | To drip or leak |
| MA-FANA | To be warm: *ma(a)fana |
| MAGO | Dry; old (of things) |
| MAGU.2 | Dried up (of that which was wet or moist) |
| MAHUKU | Grasses, sedges, ferns and other small plant spp; overgrown fallow area, swidden: *m(a,o)huku |
| MAKA.A | Stone |
| MAKA-LILI | Cold |
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