ma'anunu
Samoan edit
Etymology edit
cf. Niuean manono, Tongan manonu
Noun edit
ma'anunu
- A tree species of the family Rubiaceae, Tarenna sambucina var. sambucina.
- A kind of gelatinous sea animal.
See also edit
- (Rubiaceae sp.): mānunu
References edit
- Fosberg, F. R., Sachet, Marie-Hélène (1991) “Studies in Indo-Pacific Rubiaceae”, in Allertonia, volume 6, number 3, →JSTOR, page 271
- Pratt, George (1893) A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language[1], 3rd and revised edition, The Religious Tract Society for the London Missionary Society, pages 194, 209