Sumerian:
LA (𒆷) / LA-LA (𒆷𒆷) / LA₂ (𒇲) / LA₂-LA₂ (𒇲𒇲) / LAL₂ (𒇳) - "to hang; to suspend; to balance; to weigh, weigh out, pay; to show, display; to stretch out; to supervise, to check; to weigh, to weigh (out), to pay; to be suspended; to show, to display; to bind; binding, (yoke-)team; to press, to throttle; to winnow (grain); to carry"
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Old Babylonian:
A-LA-LA (𒀀𒆷𒆷) - "a designation of a stick"
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Hawaiian:
LĀLĀ₁ "branch, limb, bough, coconut frond; timber, as of outrigger boom or float; wing of an army; to branch out, form branches, diverge."
by comparison [(Oceanic) Proto-Polynesian *raʻa-raʻa, small branch]
ĀLĀLĀ - "sweet potatoes that bear front branch (lālā) vines."
ALALA - "a species of potato with fruit on the leaves. see ALAALA."
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Samoan:
ĀLAGA - "a shoulder; joint"
LA - "a branch"
LĀLĀ - "small branches"
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Tongan:
ALANGA - "framework of a house, or timber to be used for such; masts, sails, oars, tackling, rigging...."
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