roaka

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Malagasy

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Noun

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roaka

  1. driving

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *rauka (compare with Hawaiian loaʻa (“to get, to obtain, to procure”) plus Tahitian roaʻa and noaʻa (both “to obtain, to acquire”)) from Proto-Polynesian *lawa-ka thus doublet of rawa.[1][2]

Adjective

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roaka

  1. abundant

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 421
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “roaka”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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