namunamuā

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *namu (“taste, odour, flavour”) (compare with Samoan nāmu (“to smell of sth”), Tongan namu (“to emit a smell”) and nanamu (“odour, smell”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamñam (“taste”) (compare with Tagalog namnam) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnamunamuˌaː/ [ˈnɐmʉnɐmʉˌɑː] === Noun === namunamuā flavour spice Synonym: amiami === References === === Further reading === “namunamuā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.