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Maori
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (“branchy, having branches; small branches”), from *raqa (“branch of tree”).
Noun
rārā
- small branch, twig
I te hokinga mai e mauria ake ana e rātou ngā rārā o te hunakeha, tō rātou rākau tipua, rākau tapu rawa hoki, te puna wairua o Ngāti Hāuaterangi.- They returned with branches from the legendary sacred hunakeha tree, an ancestral spiritual tree for Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi.
Etymology 2
Reduplication of rā.
Adverb
rārā
- over there, there, yonder
Me i noho koia hoki te Pākehā ki ētahi whenua atu rārā, tēnā hoki e pēhea?- If the Pākehā lived in other scattered lands, how would that be?
Usage notes
Used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection not near or connected with the speaker or listener or the principal characters in a narrative.
References
- “rārā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.