parāoa

Maori

Alternative forms

• paraaoa

Etymology 1

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Noun

parāoa

1. sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

   Synonym: pāmu wēra

2. whale
3. whalebone
4. weapon made of whalebone

Derived terms

• parāoa roa
• patu parāoa
• wē parāoa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flour.

Noun

parāoa

1. flour
2. bread

Derived terms

• kihu parāoa
• noke parāoa
• papa parāoa
• parāoa koroua
• parāoa pokepoke
• parāoa pū kākano
• parāoa rimurapa
• puehu parāoa
• tangata pokepoke parāoa
• tunumanga parāoa

References

• Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 119
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 112: “*Paraoa, s. Flour.”