tarah

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Noun

tarah

  1. (used by women in circumstances where nauei was taboo) water

Synonyms

References

  • The Oceanic Languages (2013, →ISBN, citing Fox 1996

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.rah/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧rah

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tarah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (poz-sus-pro) is not set as an ancestor of Malay (ms) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Malay is Classical Malay (ms-cla) (an etymology-only language whose regular parent is Malay (ms))., from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

Verb

tarah (Jawi spelling تاره)

  1. to smooth or level wood with a knife
  2. planing with an adze; shaping, rough-hewing
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