viritalawalawa
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Fijian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From virita (“to throw”) + lawalawa (“cobweb”); latter from Proto-Oceanic *lawaq₂ (“spider”) (Maori whakarawa (“to fasten”), Hawaiian lawa (“to bind”), Tongan lalava (“to fasten with a sennit, to wrap”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (“spider”) (compare with Malay labah-labah and lelabah, Tagalog alalawa).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
viritalawalawa