atemāmā

Rarotongan

Etymology

From ate +‎ māmā (“light; nimble”) in reference to its spongy alveoli – compare with Hawaiian akemāmā, Samoan māmā and Tongan maʻamaʻa.[1]

Noun

atemāmā

  1. lung

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 183-4
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