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rouru

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lau-qulu – compare with Tongan louʻulu.[1][2]

Noun

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rouru

  1. hair

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lau-qulu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 93