fangu

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from SicilianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian#FANGUCategory:Maltese terms derived from Sicilian#FANGU fangu.

Pronunciation

Noun

fangu m (plural fangi)Category:Maltese lemmas#FANGUCategory:Maltese nouns#FANGUCategory:Maltese masculine nouns#FANGUCategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#FANGUCategory:Maltese masculine nouns#FANGUCategory:Pages with entries#FANGUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FANGU

  1. volcanic mud
    Hypernym: tajn

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#FANGU *faŋu. Cognates include Samoan fagu and Tokelauan fagu.[1][2]

Sense of bottle product is due to semantic broadening; compare with said Samoan cognate and Hawaiian hue for similar patterns.[3]

Noun

fanguCategory:Tongan lemmas#FANGUCategory:Tongan nouns#FANGUCategory:Tongan entries with incorrect language header#FANGUCategory:Pages with entries#FANGUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FANGU

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

References

  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fagu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  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, Benton Family Trust, 2024
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