Where does “puamo” come from?

puamo (Samoan Plantation Pidgin) comes from Samoan fuāmoa, from Samoan moa, from Proto-Polynesian moa — fowl.

puamo (Samoan Plantation Pidgin): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “puamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfuāmoapoultry egg, hen's egg
2Samoanmoachicken or similar fowl
3Proto-Polynesianmoafowl
Every word from Proto-Polynesian moa →Every word from Samoan moa →Every word from Samoan fuāmoa →
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