lawalawa

== Fijian == === Etymology === Reduplication of lawa (“to weave”), from Proto-Central Pacific *lawa, from Proto-Oceanic *lawaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (“spider”). === Noun === lawalawa cobweb, spiderweb woven mat or mesh colander, sieve ==== Derived terms ==== viritalawalawa ==== Related terms ==== lawa === References === Gatty, Ronald (2009), Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 137 == Swahili == === Noun === lawalawa class IX (plural lawalawa class X) bonbon, sweets == Yao (Africa) == === Etymology === reduplication of -lawa === Verb === -lawalawa (infinitive kulawalawa, perfect -lawalawile) archaic spelling of -laŵalaŵa === References === Padre Pedro Dupeyron (1880), Pequeno Vademecum da Lingua Bantu na Provincia de Moçambique ou Breve Estudo da Lingua Chi-Yao ou Adjaua‎[2], Administração do Novo Mensageiro do Coraçao de Jesus, page 155 Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1889), Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language‎[3], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 155 Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎[4], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 182