Protoform: MARA [OC] Food fermented to preserve it, or to enhance the taste
| Description: | Food fermented to preserve it, or to enhance the taste |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *mara "be spoiled, foul (of food or drink)" (LPO I:159). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Maa mei | Fermented breadfruit Borrowed | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Ma/maa | A type of food made from a number of vegetable substances, buried in large pits where it is fermented to acid, in which condition it can be kept for many years without spoiling | (Fbg) |
| Emae | Maa | Fermented breadfruit Borrowed | (Clk) |
| Fijian | Madra/i | Fermented breadfruit | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Mara | Fermented breadfruit, taro or banana | (Clk) |
| Mangareva | Maa | Breadfruit or taro preserved by fermentation. Nourriture fermentée à base de fruits à pain ou de taro Borrowed | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Maʔa | Rotten | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Ma. Maa (Atl). | Breadfruit preserved by fermentation. Fruits à pain fermentés et conservés dans un silo, trou en terre ou récipient. Borrowed | (Lch) |
| Mota | Mala/s | To go sour; food not eaten the day it is cooked | (Cdn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mara | Sea-food fermented in fresh water | (Bgs) |
| Nggela | Manda | Ripe | (Fox) |
| Rennellese | Maga/i | Set aside food before eating (believed to improve the taste | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Mata | Wet Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cwd) |
| Rotuman | Mara | So ripe as to fall off tree (of certain fruit) | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Mala | Soft | (Prt) |
| Tongan | Maa | Kind of ensilage (but for human consumption) usually made from plantains or bananas, in a hole in the earth | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ma | A sort of food | (Mar) |
| West Futuna | Mara | Variety of pudding Problematic | (Dty) |
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