Where does “mea” come from?

mea (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

Ancestry of “mea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicmeʀaqred having red as its colour
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

Words derived from “mea”

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