[Mihalic] talis / Terminalia catappa

[John Lynch]

Malcolm Ross gives "Austronesian origin unclear" for talis. It is from Proto
Oceanic *talise, but could have come in from a number of (probably New
Ireland) languages.

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From: C A Volker [mailto:volker at nalik.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 27 November 2004 5:37 p.m.
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Subject: [Mihalic] talis / Terminalia catappa

The entry for talis asks for more information about the origin. The entry
suggests Kuanua, it is also a word in Nalik (NIP) "talis" or , when preceded
by
a vowel "ralis". Probably cognates exist in other NI languages?

On-line searching has turned up "tropical almond" as an English equivalent.

Craig Volker
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