faai
South Efate
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *fai, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
Cognate with Pukapukan wai (“stingray”), Maori whai (“stingray, skate - fish of family Rajidae”).
Noun
faai
- stingray (venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes)
Hyponyms
- faai mantu (Identified as both manta ray and, devil ray)
- faai kuul (bluespotted ribbontail ray), Taeniura lymma
- faai p̃og (spotted eagle ray), Aetobatus narinari
- faai pumat (bluespotted stingray), Dasyatis kuhlii
- faai suar (eagle ray)