māpē

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Oceanic *mabʷe.[1] Sense of organ from analogy by similar shape.[2]

Noun

māpē

  1. the Tahitian chestnut, a tree with edible nuts, Inocarpus fagifer
    Synonym: ihi
  2. kidney

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 319
  2. ^ Ross et al; ibid., Volume 5: People, body and mind (2016). →ISBN, page 193.
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