Where does “mara” come from?

mara (Rapa Nui) comes from Proto-Polynesian mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ — misfortune, bad luck.

mara (Rapa Nui): to start rotting, going bad

Definitions

  1. to start rotting, going bad

Ancestry of “mara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmalamisfortune, disaster
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmalaŋmisfortune, bad luck
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