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Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From Samoan fuāmoa, from fua (“egg”) + moa (“chicken”).
Noun
puamo
- egg
References
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76