rārā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"

Maori edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /raː.raː/, [ɾɑː.ɾɑː]

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

rārā

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 edit

Reduplication of rā.

Adverb edit

rārā

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 edit

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 edit

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