rārā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raː.raː/, [ɾɑː.ɾɑː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (“branchy, having branches; small branches”), from *raqa (“branch of tree”).

Noun

rārā

1. small branch, twig

   I te hokinga mai e mauria ake ana e rātou ngā rārā o te hunakeha, tō rātou rākau tipua, rākau tapu rawa hoki, te puna wairua o Ngāti Hāuaterangi.

   They returned with branches from the legendary sacred hunakeha tree, an ancestral spiritual tree for Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi.

Etymology 2

Reduplication of rā.

Adverb

rārā

1. over there, there, yonder

   Me i noho koia hoki te Pākehā ki ētahi whenua atu rārā, tēnā hoki e pēhea?

   If the Pākehā lived in other scattered lands, how would that be?

Usage notes

Used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection not near or connected with the speaker or listener or the principal characters in a narrative.

References

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