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rengarenga

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Maori rengarenga.

Noun edit

rengarenga (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand.

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga "turmeric", due to similar looking fleshy stems and rhizomes or tubers. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega and Tongan enga all meaning "turmeric".[1]

Noun edit

rengarenga

  1. Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand.

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Rengarenga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
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