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fangu

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian fangu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fangu m (plural fangi)

  1. volcanic mud
    Hypernym: tajn
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Tongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *faŋu₁ - cognate of Samoan fagu.[1][2] Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with said Samoan cognate and Hawaiian hue for similar patterns.[3]

Noun

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fangu

  1. bottle gourd or calabash, Lagenaria siceraria
  2. bottle

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fagu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 424
  3. ^ “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎[1], Benton Family Trust, 2024
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