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taringa

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Mansaka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

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taringa

  1. ear

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *taliŋa (compared to Samoan taliga, Fijian daliga),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa (compare with Malay telinga, Tagalog tainga), from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.[2] See also Tongan talingelinga and Fijian daliga for sense of fungus by semantic extension.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈriŋa/ [tɐˈɾiŋɐ]

Noun

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taringa

  1. ear
  2. several types of jelly fungi
    taringa kuri: Auricularia cornea (lit. “dog ear”)
    taringa o Tiakiwai: Auricularia polytricha

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “taringa”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 480–1
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taliga”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2008), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[2], volume 3: Plants, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 78–9

Further reading

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  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “taringa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎[3], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Northern Catanduanes Bikol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

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taringa

  1. (anatomy) ear

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

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taringa

  1. ear
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