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Geraghty 2004

Geraghty, Paul. 2004. Borrowed plants in Fiji and Polynesia: Some linguistic evidence. In Geraghty, Jan Tent & Paul (eds.), Borrowing: A Pacific perspective, 65-98. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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3.5 Wild plants of the coastal strand
- Pongamia pinnata (syn. Pongamia glabra) (Fabaceae)
- Premna spp. (Verbenaceae)
3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
- Dracontomelon dao (syn. Dracontomelon mangiferum, Dracontomelon edule), New Guinea walnut, Dragon plum, TP mon, B nakatambol (Anacardiaceae)
- The forest floor
3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
- Artocarpus altilis (syn. Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus incisus), breadfruit, TP kapiak, P beletiutu (Moraceae)
3.10 Green vegetables and figs
- Abelmoschus manihot (syn. Hibiscus manihot), slippety cabbage, bush cabbage, island cabbage, TP aibika, P slipari kabis, B kabis aelan (Malvaceae)
3.11 Nut and fruit trees
- Spondias cytherea (syn. Spondias dulcis, Spondias mangifera), golden apple, Polynesian plum, hog plum, Tahitian apple, Bnaos (Anacardiaceae)
- Parartocarpus venenosa (syn. Parartocarpus involucrata) (Moraceae)
3.13 Other cultivated plants

Words

Rotuman: (jav)rau Dracontomelon vitiense
Emae: (tava)rau Dracontomelon vitiense
West Futunan: (tave)rau Dracontomelon vitiense
Wayan: salato Dendrocnide harveyi
Bauan: salato Dendrocnide harveyi
Bauan: yaka creeper, Pueraria lobata
POc: kurat the dye produced from Morinda citrifolia
Bauan: ðaða Codiaeum variegatum
Rotuman: sasa Codiaeum variegatum

BibTeX

@incollection{Geraghty2004,
  address   = {Canberra},
  author    = {Geraghty, Paul},
  booktitle = {Borrowing: A Pacific perspective},
  editor    = {Geraghty, Jan Tent & Paul},
  pages     = {65-98},
  publisher = {Pacific Linguistics},
  title     = {Borrowed plants in Fiji and Polynesia: Some linguistic evidence},
  url       = {https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004742895 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061155456&seq=79},
  year      = {2004},
  sections  = {None}
}

Geraghty 2004

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