Etymology

laupele

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Today it means: A flowering plant in the mallow family, commonly grown for its edible leaves, Abelmoschus manihot. Full definition →

Samoan laupele ← Proto-Oceanic *bele
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  1. Proto-Oceanic · derived from*bele“a kind of shrub”
  2. Samoan · borrowed fromlaupele
  3. English todaylaupele

From Samoan laupele from lau (“leaf”) + pele (from Proto-Oceanic *bele (“a kind of shrub”)- compare Fijian bele (“Abelmoschus manihot”)).

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