Etymology

pulaka

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Today it means: Cyrtosperma merkusii, a crop grown in the South Pacific. Full definition →

Tuvaluan pulaka ← Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?] ← Proto-Polynesian [Term?]
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian*biRaq
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  5. Proto-Oceanic*piʀaq
  6. Proto-Polynesian[Term?]
  7. Proto-Nuclear Polynesian[Term?]
  8. Tuvaluanpulaka
  9. English todaypulaka

Borrowed from Tuvaluan pulaka.

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