macou

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mʷasoqu.

Noun

macou

  1. any plant from the Cinnamomum genus.

Synonyms

References
  • Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 191-3
  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “macou”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 150
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