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). |
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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