Protoform: MOO-MONA [MP] Fat, rich, tasty (esp. of animal foods)
| Description: | Fat, rich, tasty (esp. of animal foods) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *mona (Gty.1984). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Mo(o)mona | Fat, grease; greasy | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Moomona | Red meat in lobster and crab | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Momona | Fat (especially of sea-food) | (Rch) |
| Emae | Momona | Full of eggs (of crustacean) | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Momona | Fat (said of crabs well-filled with spawn) | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Momona | Fat; sweet | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Mo, mo, nah | Milky tasted, fattish | (Rbs) |
| Kapingamarangi | Momono | Delicious, of fish, flesh, fowl | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Momoŋa | Animal fat | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Momona | Fat (of fish). Graisse; gras (poisson) | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mone | Sweet Phonologically Irregular | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Momona | Fat part of fish; delicious. Exquis, savoureux, excellent au goût (Lch). Savoureux (poisson, crabe); delicious (fish, crab) (Atl). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Mona/mona (Ua Pou), momona (MQS) | Laitance du poisson; milt | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Momóna | Savoury, luscious; fat, full-fleshed | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Moomona | Fat, appetising | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Moomona | Fat, grease; fatty (taste and smell, of fish and turtle) | (Dvl) |
| Penrhyn | Moomona | Fat part of fish; delicious | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Moomona | Fat adj. | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Momona | Fat | (Ebt) |
| Saʔa | Mwomwona | Fat, rich (of food) (Ivs) | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Moomona | Be meaty | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Moomona | Fat; savoury, sweet-tasting | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Mona | Sweet | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Momona | Sweet, delicious | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Monamona | Savoureux (poissons, crabes); doux, sucré; sucrerie, bonbon. Sweet, very sweet, as some food (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Moomona | Fatty, rich, oily (esp. of fish); fatty tissue, grease | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Moomoona | Fat; soft parts of crab, fish | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Moomona | Rich and fleshy (of crabs, crayfish etc.) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Momona | Fat (used of shellfish and crustaceans only) | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Momona | Savoury, sweet-tasting | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Momona | Fat, hence good to eat (of crab, fish, bird) | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mnamona | Fat, grease | (Trn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Momona | Oily, greasy | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mona | Pudding | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Mono/mono | Well and fat (of people and country) | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Mumuna | (Viande de roussette ou chair de poisson) graisseux Phonologically Irregular | (Hmn) |
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