whara
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸa.ra/
Noun
whara
- Any of the several plants in the families Asteliaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae.
Derived terms
- kōwharawhara (“Astelia solandri”)
- pūwhara
- pūwharawhara (“Astelia hastata”)
- rauwhara (“Pandanus”)
- tāwhara (“kiekie, Freycinetia banksii”)
- tāwharawhara
- wharanui (“Peperomia urvilleana”)
- whararahi (“Phormium tenax”)
- wharariki (“Phormium cookianum”)
- wharawhara (“Astelia banksii”)
References
- “whara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.