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lawalawa

Fijian edit

From Proto-Oceanic *lawaq₂ (“spider”) (compare with 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).[1]

Noun edit

lawalawa

  1. cobweb, spiderweb
  2. woven mat or mesh
  3. colander, sieve

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References edit

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “lawalawa”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 137

Swahili edit

Noun edit

lawalawa (n class, plural lawalawa)

  1. bonbon, sweets
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