totara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).[1]

Noun

totara (plural totaras)

  1. Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
  2. Other species of genus Podocarpus.

References
  1. “Tōtara”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [to.ˈta.ɾa]

Noun

totara

  1. a rafter (of a house)

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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