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Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun
taringa
- ear
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *taliŋa (compared to Samoan taliga, Fijian daliga),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa (compare with Malay telinga, Tagalog tainga), from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.[2] See also Tongan talingelinga and Fijian daliga for sense of fungus by semantic extension.[3]
Noun
taringa
- ear
- several types of jelly fungi
- taringa kuri: Auricularia cornea (lit. “dog ear”)
- taringa o Tiakiwai: Auricularia polytricha
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 480-1
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taliga”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 78-9
Further reading
- “taringa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun
taringa
- (anatomy) ear
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun
taringa
- ear