The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*balaR₁ pale, unnaturally white

PMP balaR₁ pale, unnaturally white

WMP
Malay balar unnatural or albino whiteness, esp. in a buffalo
CMP
Hawu wara white, bleached white

POC balaR₂ pale, albino

OC
Lau bala white from scars (face, body)
'Āre'āre para-para white, pale
Sa'a pala light in color (coconuts, people, animals); cataract in eye; pale; faded
pala-pala grey, whitish
Arosi bara pale in color (as a yellowish coconut); pale from fear or illness, of men
Maori para turned yellow, sere, discolored