balekana

Fijian

Etymology

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Noun

balekana

1. variety of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) with small, elongated fruit and smooth skin, which matures early

   Hypernym: uto

   Na balekana e vua bera ga e cava vata kei na vunikau.

   The balekana fruits early and falls with the tree.

Derived terms

• balekana ni Samoa

See also

• uto (“breadfruit”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “balekana”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 12