puamo

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From Samoan fuāmoa, from fua (“egg”) + moa (“chicken”).

Noun

puamo

1. egg

References

• Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76