tarah

See also: Tarah

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Noun

tarah

(used by women in circumstances where nauei was taboo) water

Synonyms

nauei (usual term)

References

The Oceanic Languages (2013, →ISBN, citing Fox 1996

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tarah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.rah/
Hyphenation: ta‧rah

Verb

tarah (Jawi spelling تاره‎)

to smooth or level wood with a knife
planing with an adze; shaping, rough-hewing

Further reading

“tarah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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