layalaya

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

layalaya

1. ginger

Related terms

• cagolaya

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “laialaia (or) layalaya”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 132