ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*maluRu shade

PEMP maluRu shade ⇫ ¶

SHWNG
Buli	ma-malu	dark, black clouds; shadow of objects (but not of people)
OC
Hawaiian	malu	shade, shelter, protection, peace, control, strength; shaded, peaceful, quiet; under taboo; reserved, held apart; taboo; the stillness and awe of taboo
Nukuoro	malu	shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
Kapingamarangi	malu	shadow, shade; behind (some protective cover); shelter
Lau	ma-malu	to cast a shadow
Tuvaluan	malu	shadow; shade; shelter; protection; power, authority; protect
	ma-malu	noble, honorable
	malu poo-poo	evening (7 to 8 PM)
	malu afi-afi	early evening
Kwaio	malu	shade, environs of
	maa-malu	shade
	malu-na	shadow
'Āre'āre	maru-i	underneath
	maru-ana	under, below
	-maru	shade, shadow; to shade, overshadow
Sa'a	mälu-te	shade
	i melu-ne	under the shadow, the rule of; used in names of chiefs
	mälu	to shade, to overshadow
	mälu-si	to shade
Arosi	maru	shade; to shade, overshadow; the lee of an island
	maru-ŋi	to reign over, rule, command
Anuta	maru ~ maruu	protected; dry (as the inside of a well-constructed house when it is raining); shady; protector
Rennellese	magu	shade, shelter, protection, fine looks, splendor; to shade, shelter, protect, cover
	magu hahine	handsome woman, female beauty
Samoan	malu	shelter; take shelter
Wayan	malu-ti	put something in the shade, put something out of the sun
	maa-malu	shade, shadow; shelter, protection
	malu	be protected or sheltered from the elements; be shaded, in the shade or shadows
Fijian	i-malu-malu	the shade of a roof or tree
Niue	malu	shade, shadow; protection; shaded, sheltered
	malu-ia	covered
Tongan	maluu	(of the wind, or of the sea or the day as affected by the wind) mild, pleasantly calm; (of pain) abated, gone
	malu-ʔi	to protect or defend; to make or keep safe or secure, to safeguard; to insure, to guarantee
	malu	to be shaded or sheltered (lit. or fig.); to be safe, secure, watertight or airtight
Rarotongan	maru-mate	the shadow of death
	maru aʔo	the shadows of light of day, the faint light of dawn
	maru	shelter, protection; shade
Maori	maru	power, authority; shadow, shelter; shield, safeguard; a glow in the heavens; shaded, sheltered; attended by an escort; proof against rain
Tolai	malur	shade; cool, shady, fresh; to shade, stand in the shade

POC paka-maluRu to shelter, give shelter to ⇫ ¶

OC
Hawaiian	hoʔo-malu	to bring under the care and protection of, to protect; to keep quiet, still, as during taboo
Tuvaluan	faka-malu	umbrella; make a shelter; offer gifts to another family to restore friendly relations
	faka-ma-malu	show respect
Arosi	haʔa-maru-a	to put in the shade, out of the sun
Rennellese	haka-magu	shelter, protector, protection, cover; to find shelter; to cover, as a canoe, to protect from the sun
Samoan	faʔa-malu	put a cover on, shield against
Wayan	vaka-malu	take shelter, seek shade or protection
	i-vaka-malu	anything that gives shade or shelter, e.g. a temporary shelter, umbrella
Niue	faka-malu	to overshadow; protect, shelter
	faka-malu-aŋa	a porch, a shelter

POC maluRu maluRu shady, shaded, sheltered (?) ⇫ ¶

OC
Hawaiian	hoʔo-malu-malu	to overshadow, shade, darken, as by a cloud
	malu-malu	shelter or protection of any kind, often humble
Nukuoro	malu-malu de me	cloudy day (not bright)
'Āre'āre	maru-maru	time between three and six in the afternoon
Sa'a	mälu-melu	to shade, to overshadow
Arosi	maru-maru	shade
Anuta	maru-maru	shady; dry (as a result of being protected from the rain)
Wayan	malu-malu	be shady, well-shaded, well sheltered from the elements
Fijian	malu-malu	shady, sheltered; the shade of a roof or tree
Niue	malu-malu	shady; lowering (of the sky)
Tongan	malu-malu	shady, affording shade
	malu-malu-a	be shaded by something
Rarotongan	maru-maru	shady, sheltered from light or heat
Maori	maru-maru	shaded, sheltered
	whaka-maru-maru	to shade, shelter, protect; protector, chief
Tolai	mal-maluru	shady

Reconstructions

PEMP	maluRu	shade
POC	paka-maluRu	to shelter, give shelter to
POC	maluRu maluRu	shady, shaded, sheltered (?)

Note

The semantic evolution of this word is particularly interesting. Its original reference, insofar as it can be inferred from the available data, was to the shade or shadow produced by objects, particularly those that gave shelter or protection from the sun, as trees or buildings. Over time this evolved in some of the Polynesian languages into a more abstract sense of protection, which ultimately could be applied to the social protection provided by persons of power or authority within the community, and even to the individual who provided such protection, as with Maori whaka-maru-maru ‘protector, chief’. If its original sense included not only protection from the sun, but also protection from wind and rain the meaning ‘lee of an island’, which is attested both in Arosi of the southeast Solomons, and in Nukuoro may also have been associated with this form in POc.