Reconstruction Level: PN - Polynesian

Reconstruction Description
LEPE Smash, destroy
LEQO.2 Guard, look after
LEWELEWE Cobweb, spider
LI-AKI Cast (as a line); throw away
LIFU Fearful
LIGO Calm, quiet
LIGO-LIGO An insect, cricket
LIIWAI Urinate: *li(i)vai
LIKO.1 Dirty
LILA Thin, emaciated, sickly: *li(i)la(a)
LILI.1 To be angry
LILO Out of sight, lost, hidden; to disappear
LINO Twist (as cord)
LIPI.1 Sharp edge, cutting edge, gash v
LISA-MUQA Name of a lunar month
LISA-MURI Name of a lunar month
LITO.2 Unexpanded leaf shoot: *lito~*tilo
LIU.1 Bilge of vessel, bilge-water
LOFA.1 Bowed down (as with sorrow or fatigue)
LOFA.2 Extended, spread out (e.g.of a bird's wings)
LOFA.3 Sea bird sp., probably a petrel or shearwater (Clk)
LOFI Flood, flooded *lo-lofi, *loofi-a
LOGA Large group, many
LOGOAQA Noise, noisy, rumour (Clk)
LOHI Falsehood, lie; to lie, dissemble, deceive
LOHOLOHO Spadix of coconut palm; the many-branched stem on which the nuts form; spathe or sheath that encloses the spadix. *lo(h,s)olo(h,s)o
LOHU Fruit-plucking pole, hook something with a pole
LOLE.1 To do something carelessly or inadequately
LOLO.1A Coconut cream or oil
LOLO.1B Delicious, sweet, rich, oily, fatty (of food)
LOLOGA Section of long net
LOLOGO Sing, song
LOLO-QI.B Coconut cream; food prepared with coconut cream
LOMI Squeeze, press down upon, massage
LONA Hiccups, have hiccups; to choke: *lo(o)na(a)
LOO-LOO Wet, soaked
LOOMAKI.* Duck or dip under water: *lo(o)maki
LOO-QATA Large ant sp
LOQI Sea bass (Cephalopholis argus)
LOTO.B Lagoon, pool
LOTO.C Heart, mind, feelings
LOTO-GA Middle, within, during
LOTO-QAA Fenced enclosure, compound: *loto-qaa
LOTU.1 Prayer, worship (Christian)
LUE.1 To shake, quake (of person or the earth); rock, sway
LUGA Above, top (locative noun)
LUKI Challenge
LUKU.B Carry in arms, especially a baby
LULU.2 Tie together in a bundle
LULU.3 Shake

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