rārā
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"
Maori[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (“branchy, having branches; small branches”), from *raqa (“branch of tree”).
Noun[edit]
rārā
- small branch, twig
- I te hokinga mai e mauria ake ana e rātou ngā rārā o te hunakeha, tō rātou rākau tipua, rākau tapu rawa hoki, te puna wairua o Ngāti Hāuaterangi.
- They returned with branches from the legendary sacred hunakeha tree, an ancestral spiritual tree for Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi.
Etymology 2[edit]
Reduplication of rā.
Adverb[edit]
rārā
- over there, there, yonder
- Me i noho koia hoki te Pākehā ki ētahi whenua atu rārā, tēnā hoki e pēhea?
- If the Pākehā lived in other scattered lands, how would that be?
Usage notes[edit]
Used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection not near or connected with the speaker or listener or the principal characters in a narrative.
References[edit]
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