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Hawaiian

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Noun

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  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Japanese

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Romanization

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  1. Rōmaji transcription of ろう

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *raha, from Proto-Germanic *skrahō. Cognates include Estonian raha, Finnish raha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rǭ'

  1. money

Declension

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References

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Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *loʀo (“red ant, ” – compare with Tahitian , Tongan , Fijian lolo “ant”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *loʀo.[1][2][3]

Noun

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  1. ant
    Synonym: rōroro
  2. mantis, praying mantis; stick insect
    Synonym: whē

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 420
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loo1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 391-2