Reconstruction Level: PN - Polynesian
| Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|
| MATA-QA-MUQA | The first: *mata(a)mu`a |
| MATA-QA-MURI | The last |
| MATA-QARA | Awake, alert |
| MATA-QELE | Fish sp. (Serranidae) *mata(q,k)ele |
| MATAQU.1 | Fishhook: *ma(a)taqu |
| MATATA | Tear, split |
| MATA-TILI | Coconut growth stage |
| MATA-TOQA | Bold, brave |
| MATE.1B | Unconscious, lose consciousness, faint; numb, paralyzed |
| MATE.1C | Feel strong desire or need |
| MATE.1D | Extinguished (as a light, fire) |
| MATE.1E | Very calm (of sea or weather); low tide |
| MATE.2 | Guess |
| MATE-GA | Death; illness |
| MATE-HOGE | To be hungry, starving |
| MATI.1 | A tree (Ficus tinctoria) |
| MA-TIKE | Stand up, arise |
| MA-TILA | Bamboo; bamboo fishing rod; bamboo knife |
| MATIWA | Poor |
| MATO | Precipice, steep place, cliff |
| MA-TOFI.A | Be split in two |
| MA-TOSI | Striped, scratched |
| MATUKU.A | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) |
| MATUQA.B | Main, principal; also in expressions for "thumb" and "big toe" |
| MATUQU.B | Coconut growth stage |
| MAUKU | Recede, go down, deflate |
| MAUMAU.1 | Spoiled, wasted |
| MAUMAU.2 | Unfortunate |
| MAUNU | Bait: *m(a(a),o(o))-unu |
| MA-UU | Sink |
| MA-WAHE | Separated, divided, parted: *ma(a)wahe |
| MA-WETE | Untied, loosened, separated: *ma(a)wete |
| MA-WEU.* | Disordered, disarranged, in confusion |
| MEAQA.* | Clean |
| MEGE | Shrivelled, wrinkled |
| MEI.1 | From |
| MEI.3 | Flinch, draw back |
| MEI.4 | Almost, nearly |
| MELE.1 | Reject; defective |
| MELO | Red/brown (Clk) |
| ME-MEA | Goatfish sp., (Mulloidichthys sp.) |
| MENE | Shrink back, withdraw, contract; round, fat |
| MEO | Discontented, dissatisfied |
| MEQA.A | Thing |
| MEQA.B | Do (used for a range of verbal senses, particularly 'do, make, cause', 'intend', 'say') |
| MEQA-KAI | Food |
| MIGI | Curly (of hair) |
| MIGO | Wrinkled, shrivelled (Clk) |
| MILI | Rub with flat of hand: massage, caress, pet; rub between hands or fingers |
| MILO.2A | Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out |
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