layalaya
Fijian
Etymology
Reduplication of laya from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (compare with Tagalog luya, Malay halia).
Noun
layalaya
- ginger
Related terms
- cagolaya
References
- Gatty, Ronald (2009), “laialaia (or) layalaya”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 132