tahua

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English

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Etymology

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From Maori tahua.

Noun

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tahua

  1. A pile of food presented as a gift.

Anagrams

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Maori

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (platform; foundation, base) (compare with Tahitian tahua (floor, deck, field) and Hawaiian kahua (field)).[1]

Noun

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tahua

  1. field, enclosure, courtyard
    tahua riringa: battlefield
    Synonym: marae (of a house)
  2. square, plaza
  3. expanse

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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tahua

  1. heap
  2. menu
  3. fund, budget

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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tahua

  1. stencil

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafuqa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (platform; foundation, base) (compare with Maori tahua and Hawaiian kahua).[1]

Noun

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tahua

  1. floor, base, field
    tahua manureva: airfield
    tahua fare: floor of a house
    tahua ʻeraʻa pōpō : football (or soccer) pitch
    Synonym: marae

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafuqa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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