pwalau

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pa-laur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud (“downstream; toward the sea”), from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʷalau/

Verb

pwalau

1. to travel by sea

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ~pwalau.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ~pwalau.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.