Protoform: MARA [OC] Food fermented to preserve it, or to enhance the taste
Description: | Food fermented to preserve it, or to enhance the taste |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
Notes: | *4 POC *mara "be spoiled, foul (of food or drink)" (LPO I:159). |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Fijian | Madra/i | Fermented breadfruit | (Cpl) |
Ifira-Mele | Mara | Fermented breadfruit, taro or banana | (Clk) |
Marquesas | Maʔa | Rotten | (Dln) |
Mota | Mala/s | To go sour; food not eaten the day it is cooked | (Cdn) |
New Zealand Maori | Mara | Sea-food fermented in fresh water | (Bgs) |
Nggela | Manda | Ripe | (Fox) |
Rennellese | Maga/i | Set aside food before eating (believed to improve the taste | (Ebt) |
Rotuman | Mata | Wet Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cwd) |
Rotuman | Mara | So ripe as to fall off tree (of certain fruit) | (Cwd) |
Samoan | Mala | Soft | (Prt) |
Tongan | Maa | Fermented plantain or banana | (Cwd) |
Tongan | Ma | A sort of food | (Mar) |
West Futuna | Mara | Variety of pudding Problematic | (Dty) |
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