reʻa
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rea"
Tahitian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (compare with Tagalog luya, Malay halia). Sense of "turmeric" likely from overlap with Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga.
Noun[edit]
reʻa
- ginger
- Synonym: reʻa tinitō
- turmeric
- Synonym: reʻa māʻohi
- yolk
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “reʻa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Categories:
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns
- ty:Ginger family plants