Protoform: MALO [MP] Loin garment

Description: Loin garment
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*4 POC *malo "paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera; barkcloth, loincloth" (LPO I:98; III:405).
*41 PCEMP *malaw "paper mulberry tree: Brousonnetia papyrifera, used to make bark cloth; men’s loincloth made from this material" (ACD).
*5 PMP *maru "loincloth" (Bst.1970).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Maro Men's loin garment, made from a strip of bark-cloth (Fbg)
East Futuna Malo Bande d'étoffe utilisee pendant les règles; serviette hygienique (Mfr)
East Futuna Paa/malo Lavalava cloth (Smd)
East Uvea Malo Kotex. Sorte de bande dont se servent lex hommes pour envelopper leur sexe dans certaines iles (Fidji, Tokelau) (Rch)
Easter Island Maro Especie de bandera o gallardete, hecha de plumitas de aves, amarrades a manera de guirnalda en una lienza o varilla (Fts)
Easter Island Te maro Dish cloth (Thomson) (Fts)
Emae Maro Bark cloth (Cpl)
Fijian Malo The former native male dress, a piece of malo passed between the things and fastened with a girdle (Cpl)
Hawaiian Malo Male's loincloth (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Mala Breechclout (Lbr)
Luangiua Malo Roll of calico/fabric (Smd)
Mangareva Maro Ceinture qui cache la nudité; petit paquet de feuilles de pandanus; flamme (naut.) en tapa signalant que l'embarcation appartenait à un noble. A small girdle for hiding the sexual parts (Tgr). (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Maro Perineal band (Bck)
Marquesas Maʔo Envelope d'une jeune feuille de l'arbre a pain (Dln)
Moriori Maro Girdle (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Maro Kilt, apron (Wms)
Niue Malo Loin cloth; menstruation pad. A waist belt or cloth (McE). (Sph)
Nuguria Maro Traditional clothing made from bark of hau tree (Dvl)
Nukumanu Paa/maro Curtain; cloth (Trt)
Nukuoro Malo Cloth, clothes (Crl)
Penrhyn Maro Loin garment (Sta)
Penrhyn Marow Loincloth (Lmt)
Pukapuka Malo Men's girdle (Bge)
Rarotongan Maro Loincloth or waist-girdle, esp. that used by divers (Bse)
Rennellese Mago Put on or wear a sarong, sarong (Ebt)
Samoan Malo Loincloth , girdle (Prt)
Sikaiana Malo A loincloth folded around the hips (Dnr)
Tahitian Maro Vêtement des temps anciens. A narrow piece of cloth worn by men instead of breeches (Dvs). (Lmt)
Takuu Maro Fabric, cloth, laplap (Mle)
Tikopia Maro Waistcloth (Fth)
Tokelau Malo Cincture or loin-cloth (Sma)
Tuamotu Maro A loin-cloth, breech-clout, kilt, apron... (Stn)
Tupuaki Maro Belt, girdle ("Old Tubuaian") (Atn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Malo Clothes, cloth; wear clothes, put on clothes (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ple/malo Tapa cloth formerly worn by men (Hvn)
West Uvea Malo Ceinture (vx) (Hmn)

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