macou

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mʷasoqu.

Noun

macou

1. any plant from the Cinnamomum genus.

Synonyms

• macovu
• maiu (Namosa)
• mou (Kadavu)

References

• Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 191-3
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “macou”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 150