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Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ (“tree resin used in torches”). Doublet of rama and ramarama.
Verb
rarama
- to be lit up
- Synonyms: cina, caudre
Noun
rarama
- light
- Synonyms: rama, cina
References
- Gatty, Ronald (2009) “rarama”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 204
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ma-rama.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online