The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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tree (Aleurites sp.), the candle-nut tree; the oil has many uses and the nuts are purgative; dried candle-nut kernel (a number of them may be threaded together on a stick to make a primitive torch); torch; method of fishing by torchlight
in
Samoan
lama
*damaR₁
tree resin used in torches (?)
[Etymon]
ramaR
light, luminosity
Contribution:
CLDF dataset derived from Blust's "Austronesian Comparative Dictionary"
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Language:
Samoan
Parameter:
tree (Aleurites sp.), the candle-nut tree; the oil has many uses and the nuts are purgative; dried candle-nut kernel (a number of them may be threaded together on a stick to make a primitive torch); torch; method of fishing by torchlight [66482b8c47ba5e54fa312bb5b35265a5]
Source:
Milner 1966
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