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Where does “fala” come from?

fala (Samoan) comes from Polynesian *fala.

fala (Samoan): the screw pine, pandanus; a woven mat made from...

Definitions

  1. the screw pine, pandanus; a woven mat made from...

Ancestry of “fala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polynesian*fala—
Every word from Polynesian *fala →