ate

From Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.


ba

From Proto-Oceanic *baRa (cognates include Maori pā (“fortified village, blockade”) and Hawaiian pā (“wall”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRa related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”) (compare with Malay pagar (“fence”)).

inh

a special fence or enclosure made from reeds to catch fish trapped during tides.


mana

miracle, wonder (use cakamana to specify this meaning)

antidote (use mana kina to specify this meaning)


bo

From Proto-Oceanic *baʀoq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq.


kana

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kani, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.


mate

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mate, from Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.


ika

From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.


dio

From Proto-Central Pacific *tio, from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.


via

From Proto-Central Pacific *via, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq.


voce

From Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (compare Maori and Hawaiian hoe).


lago

From Proto-Central-Pacific *laŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw.


manu

From Proto-Central-Pacific *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.


lagi

From Proto-Central-Pacific *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.


baca

From Proto-Oceanic *bayan (cognate with Tongan pā, Maori pā and Hawaiian pā) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayan (“bait”).

bait (both of literal fishing sense & metaphorical i.e. enticement)


lumi

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lumu, from Proto-Oceanic *lumut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lumut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut.


ua

From Proto-Central Pacific *ua, from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.


vale

From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.


gata

Cognate with Proto-Polynesian *ŋata (compare Maori ngata, Samoan gata, Tongan ngata and Niuean gata), earlier *ŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *mwata (“snake”) (compare Western Fijian ŋwata and Lewo mwata).


toki

removal of or the act of removing one's goods from one's home


wai

From Proto-Central Pacific *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.


vara

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *paraq from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *para (compare with Ilocano pára).

coconut heart or coconut apple, i.e. spongy cotyledon from a sprouting coconut


saga

From Proto-Central Pacific *saŋa, variant of *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.


laya

From Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ (cognate to Malay layar), from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Doublet of laca.


nana

From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

pus (fluid found in regions of infection)


tai

From Proto-Central Pacific *taci, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.


sala

From Proto-Central Pacific *sala, variant of *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)

street (paved part of road in a village or a town)


wi

From Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan wī, Tongan vī and Hawaiian wī.

Spondias dulcis
Spondias dulcis#Translingual


ulu

From Proto-Central Pacific *qulu, from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.


sui

From Proto-Central Pacific *sui, from Proto-Oceanic *ruʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi. Cognate with Indonesian duri, Malagasy rui, Acehnese duroë (“thorn”), Kosraean sri.


kahalauaola

Kahalauaola Majakopulu Hawaiappapa Noakoamuna Pulauapo Likiasala Wapomakii Opuappa Umpaula Oui.

The tooth of the great white shark which broke off and fell in the ocean to become this little dry fishing island where nobody lives.


yate

From ate, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.


boro

Cognate with Hawaiian pōpolo and Tongan polo (“deadly nightshade, Solanum nigrum”), Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”), Maori poroporo (“Solanum aviculare”).


mata

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.


bula

From Proto-Central Pacific *wola, from Proto-Oceanic *wola, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).


tamanibulumakau

From tama + ni + bulumakau. Compare the last part with Tok Pisin bulmakau.


kau

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kayu, from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.


kumi

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kumi, from Proto-Oceanic *kumi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumis.


cina

From Proto-Central Pacific *cina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.


caca

From Proto-Oceanic *qasam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀsam.


ura

From Proto-Central Pacific *qura, from Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ.


vai

From Proto-Central Pacific *vai, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih (compare Indonesian pari, Malay pari), from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)


koro

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo, Maori koro)

village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)


laca

From Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ (cognate to Malay layar), from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Doublet of laya.


marama

housewife (marama ni vale, to specify connotation)


liga

From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.


vata

From Proto-Central Pacific *vata, from Proto-Oceanic *pataʀ, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ. Compare Hawaiian haka and Maori whata.


ivi

From Proto-Oceanic *ipi (compare with Samoan ifi).

A tree with edible nuts, the Tahitian chestnut, Inocarpus fagifer


kuru

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuru, from Proto-Oceanic *kuruq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guruq.


siga

From Proto-Central Pacific *siŋa, variant of *cina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

sun (use mata ni siga [lit. "day's face"] to specify meaning)


vatu

From Proto-Central Pacific *vatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.


niu

From Proto-Central-Pacific *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.


mara

From Proto-Oceanic *mara (“to spoil, to go foul (of food)”).


moko

From Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Maori moko, Hawaiian moʻo)


kuli

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuli, from Proto-Oceanic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC.

skin (outer covering of the body of a person)


uvi

From Proto-Central Pacific *quvi, from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Hawaiian uhi, Maori uhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare Indonesian ubi, Malay ubi).


dogo

From Proto-Central-Pacific *toŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.


namu

From Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)


wasa

From Proto-Central Pacific *wasa (compare Samoan vasa).


kutu

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kutu, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Hawaiian ʻuku, Samoan ʻutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.


kuro

From Proto-Oceanic *kuron (“cooking pot”) (compare with Tongan kulo and Samoan 'ulo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kudən, from Proto-Austronesian *kudən.


ulo

From Proto-Central Pacific *qulo, from Proto-Oceanic *quloc (compare Maori iro), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləj (compare Chamorro ulo', Indonesian ulat, Malay ulat), from Proto-Austronesian *quləj.


cala

From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.


ratu

From Proto-Central Pacific *ratu, from Proto-Oceanic *ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate with Toba Batak datu, Malay datuk, Javanese ratu.

a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of chiefly rank for males


kuku

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuku, from Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.


vonu

From Proto-Central Pacific *voñu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu (compare Hawaiian honu, Maori honu, Rapa Nui honu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu (compare Indonesian penyu, Malay penyu), from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)


uca

From Proto-Central Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.


ucu

From Proto-Central Pacific *icu, from Proto-Oceanic *icu (compare Maori ihu, Samoan isu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ (compare Tagalog ilong, Malay hidung), *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.


vanua

From Proto-Central Pacific *vanua, from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.


duva

From Proto-Central-Pacific *tuva, from Proto-Oceanic *tupa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuba (compare Malay tuba).

a branch that is used to smack small children


ruve

From Proto-Central Pacific *rube (compare Tongan and Samoan lupe).


vutu

From Proto-Central Pacific *vutu, from Proto-Oceanic *putun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun.


buli

From Proto-Central Pacific *buli, from Proto-Oceanic *buliq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq. Cognate with Samoan, Tongan pule.


taci

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-huaji, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

sibling (younger person who shares same parents)


dovu

From Proto-Central-Pacific *tovu, from Proto-Oceanic *topu (compare with Hawaiian kō and Tongan tō), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare with Malay tebu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)


dali

From Proto-Central Pacific *tali, from Proto-Oceanic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan calis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Maori tari.


tagi

From Proto-Central Pacific *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.


vua

From Proto-Central Pacific *vua, from Proto-Oceanic *puaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.


vula

From Proto-Central Pacific *vula, from Proto-Oceanic *pulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)


kaivalagi

Someone "from the land of the foreigners", usually referring to a Caucasian from the United States, European or Australasian.


caga

From Proto-Central Pacific *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaŋan.


yadre

From Proto-Central Pacific *raqe, from Proto-Oceanic *raqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS.

(anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)


drau

From Proto-Central-Pacific *rau, from Proto-Oceanic *rau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.


buke

From Proto-Central Pacific *buke, from Proto-Oceanic *buke, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Malay bukit), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij. Compare Maori puke.


kabu

head

kabu (used in a reduplicated form as kabukabu)

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kavu, from Proto-Oceanic *kaput, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut (“fog, mist; haze”).

inh

fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)


lise

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?] (compare Ilocano lisa, Hawaiian liha, Maori riha).


vico

From Proto-Central Pacific *vico, from Proto-Oceanic *piso, variant of *pusoc (compare Hawaiian piko, Maori pito), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj (compare Ilocano puseg, Indonesian pusat, Malay pusat).


vuso

From Proto-Central Pacific *vuso, from Proto-Oceanic *puso, variant of *pusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *busa (compare Indonesian busa, Malay busa).


wati

husband, bridegroom, groom (wati tagane, to specify of the male sex)

wife, bride (wati alewa, to specify of the female sex)


timo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun (compare with Malay timun).

muskmelon, Cucumis melo syn. Cucumis acidus


lolo

From Proto-Oceanic *lolo, cognate with Samoan lololo and Rarotongan roro.


mua

From Proto-Oceanic *muqa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua).


duna

From Proto-Central Pacific *tuna, from Proto-Oceanic *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.


dra

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.


cibi

cibi (a traditional Fijian war dance, still used in sport)


tavola

Terminalia catappa
Terminalia catappa#Translingual

Indian almond or tropical almond, Terminalia catappa.


mou

Related to macou from Proto-Oceanic *mʷasoqu.

(Kadavu) any plant from the Cinnamomum genus.

any plant from the Cinnamomum genus.
spice of its bark, cinnamon


moli

From Proto-Polynesian *moli (cognate with Samoan moli (“citrus fruit”), Tongan moli (“citrus fruit”), Tok Pisin moli (“lemon”)), from Proto-Oceanic *moli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw by metathesis (cognate with Malay limau (“lemon”)).


bune

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *bune, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punay.


kuita

From Proto-Oceanic *kuʀita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with Kavalan qlita, Paiwan guritsa, Malay kurita, Ilocano kurita, Cebuano kugita, Javanese gurita, Malagasy horita, Marshallese kweet.


lotu

→ Samoan: lotu

Samoan Plantation Pidgin: lotu

→ Tok Pisin: lotu

→ Rotokas: rotu, lotu


koli

From Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī, Tuamotuan kuri, Maori kurī).


beka

From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka. Cognate with Hawaiian peʻa, Maori peka and Samoan pe'a.


draki

From Proto-Oceanic *laki (“westerly wind”), cognate with Maori raki "north, dry or dryness, drought" and Hawaiian laʻi "stillness, calm, peace".


sinu

From Proto-Oceanic *sinu, cognate with Maori hinu and Hawaiian hinu both meaning "oil, fat, grease".

unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling


tivi

A tropical tree of species Terminalia littoralis.

(Vanua Levu, Rakiraki, Nadro, Serua) Indian almond or tropical almond (Terminalia catappa).


soro

atonement offering (something sacrificed for atonement to occur)


tuitui

From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi; cognate with Tongan tuitui and Hawaiian kukui.

candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana.


bitu

From Proto-Central Pacific *bitu from Proto-Oceanic *bituŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituŋ.


wai ni mata

From wai (“water”) + ni + mata (“eye”), from Proto-Central-Pacific *wai ni mata, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ ni mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ ni mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ ni mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ni mata.

der

tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)


caka

effort, performance, exertion, workmanship

occupation, employmentogaoga?, labor, service,


vudi

From Proto-Central Pacific *vudi, from Proto-Oceanic *pudi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punti, from Proto-Austronesian *punti. Cognate with Arosi hugi, Tongan fusi, Niuean futi.


cagi

From Proto-Central Pacific *ma-taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Cognate with Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Nias angi, Pohnpeian ahng, Kosraean eng, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.


siga Monite

Siga Tabu

Days of the week from Sunday to Saturday


ramarama

From Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ (“tree resin used in torch”).


vuaka

bacon (more properly, vuaka sa vakamasimataki)


weleti

Samoan: ʻesi

Tongan: lesi

From the ship General Wellesley named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, which brought papayas from Penang and landed in Vanua Levu on October 1808 to obtain local sandalwood there. Cognate with Samoan ʻesi and Tongan lesi.


vacu

From Proto-Central Pacific *vacu, from Proto-Oceanic *pasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basu.


vaka sa lewa lewa

In Samoa, people assigned male at birth who live as women are known as fa'afafine, which literally translates to "in the fashion of a woman". Similar identities to fa'afafine are found in Tonga (fakaleitī or leitī), Fiji (vaka sa lewa lewa), Niue (fakafifine), Kiribati and Tuvalu (pinapinaaine), the Cook Islands (akava'ine) and New Zealand (whakawāhine).

2019 August 31, Alan Weedon, “Fa'afafine, fakaleitī, fakafifine — understanding the Pacific's alternative gender expressions”, in ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (in English), retrieved 2020-05-31:

a trans woman (a person assigned male at birth who behaves like a woman)


vadra

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.


sucu

From Proto-Oceanic *susu (compare with Samoan susu, Tongan huhu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu (compare with Malay susu) from Proto-Austronesian *susu (compare with Tagalog suso).


vinivo

dress (article of clothing traditionally worn by women)


kareti

From English carrot, from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón).


kalavo

From *kalabo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka)labaw. Compare Tetum laho.


rarama

From Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ (“tree resin used in torches”). Doublet of rama and ramarama.


layalaya

Reduplication of laya from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (compare with Tagalog luya, Malay halia).


kavika

From Proto-Oceanic *kapika (cognate with Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa, Maori kahika and Tongan fekika).

Syzygium malaccense
Syzygium malaccense#Translingual


viritalawalawa

From virita (“to throw”) + lawalawa (“cobweb”); latter from Proto-Oceanic *lawaq₂ (“spider”) (Maori whakarawa (“to fasten”), Hawaiian lawa (“to bind”), Tongan lalava (“to fasten with a sennit, to wrap”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (“spider”) (compare with Malay labah-labah and lelabah, Tagalog alalawa).


vakasalewalewa

vaka sa lewa lewa
vaka sa lewa lewa#Fijian


daliga

From Proto-Oceanic *taliŋa (“ear”) (compare with Maori taringa, Tahitian tariʻa), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa (compare with Malay telinga). Doublet of daligana, see also relationship between Tongan talingelinga and talinga.


madrai

From Proto-Oceanic *madraʀ-i affixing *madraʀ (“to grow ripe”) related to *mara (“to spoil, to go foul (of food)”) — see also similar evolution in Tagalog tapay and tinapay. Doublet of madra and mara.

(archaic) fermented meal made from any starch such as plantains, tubers or fruit kernels stored in leaf-lined pits

grain-based bread introduced by Westerners


vokai

iguanids i.e. of the iguana family esp. the Brachylophus genus