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taro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?tæ???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t??o?/, /?t??o?/
- Rhymes: -æ???
- Homophone: tarot
Noun
taro (usually uncountable, plural taros)
- Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- Synonyms: colocasia, elephant ears
- Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
- Food from a taro plant.
- Synonym: dasheen
Hyponyms
- (similar plants): giant taro, Alocasia and species, especially Alocasia macrorrhizos; swamp taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii; Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Derived terms
- Chinese taro, chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata)
- giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii)
- giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)
- metallic taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)
- swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii)
- taro flying frog (Rhacophorus taronensis)
- taro-patch fiddle
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: taro
Translations
See also
- eddo
Anagrams
- -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Rota, rato, rota
French
Etymology
From Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tal?s
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.?o/
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
- taro (plant)
Synonyms
- colocase
Further reading
- “taro” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?o?/
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
- sandbank
- Synonyms: banco, barra, restinga, brica, sirte
- peak, mountain
- Synonyms: cotarro, outeiro
References
- “taro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “taro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “taro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiri Motu
Noun
taro
- taro
Italian
Verb
taro
- first-person singular present indicative of tarare
Anagrams
- arto, atro, rota
Kholosi
Etymology
From Sanskrit ???? (t?r?).
Noun
taro ?
- star
References
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?[1], pages 13-36
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tal?s (compare Javanese talas).
Noun
taro
- taro
- bread
Descendants
- ? English: taro
- Tok Pisin: taro
- ? French: taro
- ? German: Taro
Maranao
Noun
taro
- wax
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta.r?/
Noun
taro f
- vocative singular of tara
Portuguese
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
- taro (Colocasia esculenta; edible corm of the taro plant)
Spanish
Verb
taro
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tarar.
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tal?s
Noun
taro
- taro
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English taro.
Noun
taro
- The taro plant.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?tar?/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?ta?r?/, /?tar?/
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, turn; pierce”).
Verb
taro (first-person singular present trawaf)
- to strike, hit
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From English taro, from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tal?s.
Noun
taro m (uncountable)
- taro
Mutation
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “taro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yami
Noun
taro
- wax
- candle
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eddo
English
Alternative forms
- eddoe
Etymology
From a West African language.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?d??
Noun
eddo (plural eddos)
- A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers.
- The tubers of this plant.
Further reading
- Eddoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Colocasia Schott on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Colocasia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- OD'ed, doed
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