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lava-lava

See also: lavalava

English edit

Noun edit

lava-lava (plural lava-lavas)

  1. Alternative form of lavalava

Samoan edit

 
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Etymology edit

Reduplication of lava from Proto-Polynesian *lawa₃ (“loincloth, skirt”) (compare with Tongan lavalava (“to bind”); Tongan vala (“loincloth”))[1] related to Proto-Polynesian *lawa₂ (compare with Maori whakarawa (“to fasten”), Hawaiian lawa (“to bind, fasten securely”), Tongan lalava (“to braid with a sennit, to wrap”)) from Proto-Oceanic *lawaq₂ (“spider”) (compare with Fijian lawalawa (“cobweb”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (“spider”) (compare with Malay labah-labah and lelabah, Tagalog alalawa)[2]

Noun edit

lava-lava

  1. lavalava

Verb edit

lava-lava

  1. To dress

References edit

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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