rengarenga

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori rengarenga.

Noun[edit]

rengarenga (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand.

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga "turmeric", due to similar looking fleshy stems and rhizomes or tubers. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega and Tongan enga all meaning "turmeric".[1]

Noun[edit]

rengarenga

  1. Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Rengarenga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
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