malara

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mĘ·alala with dissimilation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /malara/

Noun

malara

  1. village

Further reading
  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 368
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
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