papalagi

English

From Samoan papālagi, Tongan papālagi. Compare palagi.

papalagi (plural papalagis or papalagi)

In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi. [from 19th c.]
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 53:
  Yet those whom the Tongas called papalangi, or men from the sky, introduced into these islands a new language of politics, class and organisation.

papa + lagi

papalagi

papalagi

单词	papalagi
释义	papalagi English Alternative forms papalangi Etymology From Samoan papālagi, Tongan papālagi. Compare palagi. Noun papalagi (plural papalagis or papalagi) In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi. [from 19th c.] 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 53: Yet those whom the Tongas called papalangi, or men from the sky, introduced into these islands a new language of politics, class and organisation. Samoan Etymology papa + lagi Noun papalagi foreigner white man Adjective papalagi foreign
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