vitolongo

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pitolon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitil-ən, from *bitil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βitoloŋo/

Noun

vitolongo

1. hunger

Further reading

• Jennifer Blythe, Vanishing and Returning Heroes: Ambiguity and Persistent Hope in an Unea Island Legend (1995). Anthropologica (vol. 37, no. 2). Canadian Anthropology Society.
• Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.