parāoa
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Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
parāoa
- sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Synonym: pāmu wēra
- whale
- whalebone
- weapon made of whalebone
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
parāoa
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References[edit]
- Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 119
- Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 112: “*Paraoa, s. Flour.”