toroa

toroa

See also: Tơ-roa

Māori

Noun

toroa

  1. an albatross, especially the royal albatross or wandering albatross
    Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira. ― When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.
    Me te pōhoi toroa tērā, pūaho ana ― Like the intensely white down of the albatross
  2. a tuft of albatross down worn as an adornment.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: toroa

References

  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “toroa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎[1], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
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