Reconstruction Level: PN - Polynesian

Reconstruction Description
FAALIKI Cover floor with mats or grass; floor covering
FAALOO.A Stretch (by pulling), lash: *fa(a)lo(o)
FAALOO.B Stretch (the body), extend (arm), crane, peer to see better
FAANAU.A Children, offspring
FAAPUKU Fish sp., (Epinephelus sp.)
FAA-QITI Narrow
FAAQOA Canoe crew; kin, people
FAATAI.1 To sit in a certain way
FAATAI.2 A parasitic creeper (Cassytha filiformis)
FAFAI Scrape or shave smooth
FAFALI Scoop up waste, wipe after defecation: *fa(fa)li
FAGA.1B Spread legs: *(fa)faga
FAGA.4 Fish-trap
-FAGA.5 An allomorph of a noun-forming suffix
FAGA-MEA A fish (Lutjanus sp.): *faga-(mea)
FAGATUA To wrestle
FAGU-FAGU Nose-flute *(fagu)fagu
FAI.2B Copulate
FAI.2C Say, tell
FAI-.3 Prefix deriving noun performer from certain verbs (Rby)
FAI.3A Be, happen, exist
FAI.3B To have, possess
FAI.5 Fight
FAI-GA Deed, action; way of doing; try, persist
FAI-GAOFIE Easy, not difficult
FAI-GATAQA Difficult
FAI-KAI Food cooked with coconut cream
FAI-QAHAWANA To marry
FAI-QUMU Cook in earth oven
FAI-TAHINA Group of siblings of same sex
FAI-TAMA Be pregnant
FAIWA Skill, special ability, occupation, performance (Clk)
FAKA-.2 Similative prefix: to be or behave like (with nouns)
FAKA-.4 Quotative: to say "...", particularly with words for "yes" and "no"
FAKA-AGI To make a breeze; to expose to wind; enjoy the breeze, take the air: *faka-agi(agi)
FAKA-FANA. Re-heat cooked food (Clk)
FAKA-FETAQI To thank
FAKA-FITI Refuse
FAKA-FULA Inflate, cause to swell up; bladder, belly: *faka-(fu)fula
FAKA-HUHU Suckle, breast-feed
FAKA-HURU Cause to enter
FAKA-KITE Show, reveal; revelation, omen; disclose, inform
FAKA-KONOKONO Annoy
FAKA-LANU Rinse with fresh water
FAKA-LAQAA Expose (oneself) to sun
FAKA-LAWA Place across, transverse (Rby)
FAKA-LELE Allow to go free; cause to run; let go
FAKA-LOGO Be silent, not speak
FAKA-LOTOLOTO-RUA Uncertain, of two minds
FAKA-MAA Shameful, embarrassing; to feel shame or embarrassment

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