faʻaauraʻa

Tahitian

Noun

faʻaauraʻa

  1. convention, contract, pact
  2. signification, raison d'être
    E tē māere noa ra Pētero i roto iāna iho i te faʻaauraʻa i taua ʻōrama i itea iāna ra. ― And Peter wondered in himself what the signification of this vision may be.

References
  • "faʻaauraʻa" in Académie tahitienne, Fare Vāna'a, 1972–present
  • Lemaître, Yves (1995 July) Ird Orstom, editor, Lexique du tahitien contemporain‎, page 43
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