totara

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).[1]

Noun[edit]

totara (plural totaras)

  1. Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
  2. Other species of genus Podocarpus.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Tōtara”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

totara

  1. a rafter (of a house)

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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