Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

Coined by the Hawaiian Lexicon Committee in 2002 as a 'borrowing' (simulating the expected changes had the word been inherited) from the reconstruction Proto-Polynesian *ngarara (lizard) (compare Maori ngārara (lizard)).

Noun edit

nalala

  1. dinosaur

Lindu edit

Etymology edit

From na- +‎ lala.

Adjective edit

nalala

  1. hot; spicy