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English
Etymology
From Maori tahua.
Noun
tahua
- A pile of food presented as a gift.
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (“platform; foundation, base”) (compare with Tahitian tahua (“floor, deck, field”) and Hawaiian kahua (“field”)).[1]
Noun
tahua
- field, enclosure, courtyard
- tahua riringa: battlefield
- Synonym: marae (of a house)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tahua
- heap
- menu
- fund, budget
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tahua
- stencil
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafuqa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tahua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 421
- “tahua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (“platform; foundation, base”) (compare with Maori tahua and Hawaiian kahua).[1]
Noun
tahua
- floor, base, field
- tahua manureva: airfield
- tahua fare: floor of a house
- tahua ʻeraʻa pōpō : football (or soccer) pitch
- Synonym: marae
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafuqa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading