parāoa
Maori
Alternative forms
- paraaoa
Etymology 1
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Noun
parāoa
- sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Synonym: pāmu wēra
- whale
- whalebone
- weapon made of whalebone
Derived terms
- parāoa roa
- patu parāoa
- wē parāoa
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English flour.
Noun
parāoa
- flour
- 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.”