nauei
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editEtymology
editThe prefixed article na- on uei (“water”), the latter from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
editnauei
Synonyms
edit- tarah (taboo avoidance synonym)
References
edit- The Oceanic Languages (2013, →ISBN, citing Fox 1996