Reconstruction Level: NP - Nuclear Polynesian
| Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|
| NAU.1 | A plant (Lepidium sp.) |
| NEFU.1 | Anchovy (Stolephorus sp.) |
| NEI | Demonstrative: here, near speaker |
| NEKE.1A | Move oneself, edge along, crawl |
| NEWA.B | Dizzy, confused |
| NITI | Tight, crowded (Rby): *(n,g)iti |
| NUAFINE | Old woman, wife |
| NUI.1 | Big |
| OKO.2A | To reach maturity; strong |
| OLI.2 | Brandish a weapon (as challenge) |
| OLI.3 | A type of chant or formal speech: *(oli)oli |
| OQI.B | Shake, agitate, move around |
| PAA.2C | Blow against (of wind) |
| PAA.3B | Pearl-shell |
| PAA.6 | Form of address to respected male |
| PAA-KISI | Dried up; sickly |
| PAALASI | Sit on, drop on |
| PAA-PAKU | Shallow: *pa(a)paku |
| PAATEE.1 | Slit-gong; make resonant percussive sound (as e.g. a bell) |
| PAKA-PAKA | Thin, emaciated |
| PAKE | Obstinate; deceive |
| PA-KEKE | Stiff |
| PAKI-AKA | Root of a plant |
| PAKU.C | Dark in colour |
| PAKU-PAKU | Emaciated, starving |
| PALA.1C | Mud, dirt, filth, excrement: *pala(-pala) |
| PALE.3B | To turn, lean to one side |
| PA-LEMO | To drown |
| PALE-TAI | Foredeck, splashboards or washboards of a canoe |
| PALOLO.B | A month or season |
| PALOLO-MULI | Name of a lunar month |
| PALOLO-MUQA | Name of a lunar month |
| PANOKO | Fish spp. including Blennies |
| PAPA.3 | Box |
| PATI.2 | Ask, cajole, coax |
| PAU.1C | Finished, over, ended |
| PEE-FEA | How? |
| PEE-LAA | Like that (demonstrative manner adverbial) *pe(e)-laa |
| PEI | Small fruit; game played with these |
| PEQE-SI.A3 | Broken, crushed |
| PEQE-SI.B1 | Throw, toss, throw (to); throw out, throw away, discard |
| PEQE-SI.B4 | Throw out line or net |
| PESE.1 | Sing, song |
| PETI | Be fat |
| PII-WAI | Undeveloped, of fruit, root crops, or young animals |
| PIKI-PIKI | Curly (hair) |
| PILI.1B | Be close to, next to; joined to, together |
| POGA.2 | Hole, orifice, esp. nostril or other bodily orifice |
| POGA.3 | Scar, defect on a surface |
| POGA-A-ISU | Nostril: *poga(-a-)isu |
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