rārā

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Maori

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raː.raː/, [ɾɑː.ɾɑː]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (branchy, having branches; small branches), from *raqa (branch of tree).

Noun

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rārā

  1. 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

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Reduplication of .

Adverb

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rārā

  1. 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
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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

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  • rārā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.