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English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin varius (“various, diverse”).
Prefix
vari-
- various; variety.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *paʀi-, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *paʀi-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
vari-
- A reciprocal prefix before verbs.
Further reading
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)