damudamu

== Fijian == === Etymology === Reduplication of damu. The noun sense is a clipping of kai Idia damudamu (“Red Indian”), based on stereotypes of Native Americans causing trouble from old Western films. === Adjective === damudamu red, reddish (dated, historical) fair-skinned, light-skinned (of ethnic Fijians, especially those with Tongan ancestry) === Noun === damudamu (slang, sometimes derogatory) person from Nawi (Buca Bay, Vanua Levu) or, to a lesser extent, from Tunuloa (Vanua Levu) ==== Usage notes ==== Contrasts with darker, more brownish and less saturated red shades of damu. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Gatty, Ronald (2009), “damudamu”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 59