Reconstruction Level: NP - Nuclear Polynesian

Reconstruction Description
POKE Mix; pudding made by mixing
POKO-POKO Female genitalia: *poko(poko)
POLAE Fish sp: Po(o)lae
POLI.B Tend a person to make plump and fair
POO-POO.B Make into a ball by kneading; ball
POTA Leaves eaten as greens
PUGA.2B Prominence such as a joint
PUI-AKI Shelter from wind
PUKU.2B To swell up; swollen; round, fat
PUKU.2C Lumpy, knotty, uneven in texture
PULA.3 Fish sp.
PULU.1B Plug of fibrous material; to plug up
PULU.7 Hold
PUQU Base of a tree
PUSI-A To be blown, carried away (by wind)
PUSI-LOKILOKI A kind of eel: Pusi-lok(i,o)lok(i,o)
PUU-EFU Dust; crumble, break in pieces
PUU-QOSO Hold (storage area under canoe decking)
QAA-I-LAA-NEI Later today, soon *qaa-(i)-laa-(nei)
QAAWAGA.A Spouse, married (Ebt)
QAFA-TEA Tree (perhaps Nauclea sp.)
QAFULU Fish sp., Goatfish (Mullidae)
QAGA.2 Shell
QAGO.A Thin (of person)
QALA-QALA Talk, converse
QALI.1B A stage of the lunar cycle
QALO-QALO Confront, be face to face; be in the presence of
QANA-I-LAA-NEI Earlier today, not long ago
QANU.1 Cold
QAO.2 Authority, kingdom
QAO.3 Appropriate, suitable
QAO-ATEA Late morning to early afternoon, midday *qao-(qa)tea
QARO-FI-LAGI Visible sky, weather
QASA-GA.B Open sea, distant place
QAU-AFI.* Smoke *qa(s)u-afi
QAU-KAI Be hungry
QAU-TALA Remove spines or twigs
QAU-TALU To weed, clear land of weeds
QUFA.1 Female of animals
QUFA.2 Backsides
QULA-QULA A prawn or shrimp
QUMU.1B Halo round moon or sun
QUU.B Reed (Miscanthus sp.)
SAAKILI.2 Curse, use bad language *saakili(kili)
SAA-WALE Spit; saliva; slime
SAE.2 Jealousy, intense grief, intense suffering; rage, fury: *sa(q)e
SAE.3 Appear
SAFE.1 Be fortunate, successful in an enterprise; to obtain
SA-GEGE Weak
SAKA.2 Short in stature

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