ma'anunu

Samoan

Etymology

cf. Niuean manono, Tongan manonu

Noun

ma'anunu

1. A tree species of the family Rubiaceae, Tarenna sambucina var. sambucina.
2. A kind of gelatinous sea animal.

See also

• (Rubiaceae sp.): mānunu

References

• 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