taringa

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Noun

taringa

  1. ear

Maori

Etymology

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]

Noun

taringa

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

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) 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 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 78-9

Further reading

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

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

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

Noun

taringa

  1. (anatomy) ear

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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

Noun

taringa

  1. ear
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