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paʻanga

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tongan paʻanga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paʻanga (plural paʻanga)

  1. The official currency of Tonga, equal to 100 seniti.

Tongan

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Semantic broadening of toy into money has parallels in Samoan tupe plus Fijian lavo and ilavo.[1]

Noun

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paʻanga

  1. matchbox bean, St. Thomas bean (Entada phaseoloides), a creeper plant with flat seeds used in traditional game lafo
  2. money

References

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  1. ^ Orans, Martin; Pouesi, Daniel (1987), “Lafoga Tupe an Ethno-Historical Account of a Polynesian Game”, in Anthropos‎[1], volume 82, number 1/3, pages 41–2
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