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4-letter words (4 found)

RATO,ROTA,TARO,TORA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ART,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORT,RAT,ROT,TAO,TAR,TOR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AR,AT,OR,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of taro

taro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹoʊ/, /ˈtɑɹoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
  • Homophone: tarot

Noun

taro (usually uncountable, plural taros)

  1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
    Synonyms: colocasia, elephant ears, eddo, old cocoyam
  2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
  3. Food from a taro plant.
    Synonyms: dasheen, madumbi, eddo

Hyponyms

  • (similar plants): giant taro, Alocasia and species, especially Alocasia macrorrhizos; swamp taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii; Xanthosoma sagittifolium; yam, purple yam; ube

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: taro

Translations

Anagrams

  • -ator, Rato, rato, aort-, oart, Rota, Orta, RATO, Roat, rota

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ʁo/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

taro m (plural taros)

  1. taro (plant)
    Synonym: colocase

Etymology 2

Clipping of tarif  +‎ -o

Noun

taro m (plural taros)

  1. slang form of tarif (price)

Verb

taro (inconjugable)

  1. (slang) to have sex with
    Synonyms: bouillave, mougou, gbra, niquer

Further reading

  • “taro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Paleo-Hispanic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾo̝/

Noun

taro m (plural taros)

  1. sandbank
    Synonyms: banco, barra, restinga, brica, sirte
  2. peak, mountain
    Synonyms: cotarro, outeiro

References

  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (20062013), “taro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (20032018), “taro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (20142024), “taro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hiri Motu

Noun

taro

  1. taro

Italian

Verb

taro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tarare

Anagrams

  • Rota, Torà, arto, atro, rato, rota, torà

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Noun

taro ?

  1. 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[3], pages 13-36

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs (compare with Malay talas and Javanese tales).

Noun

taro

  1. taro
  2. bread

Descendants

  • English: taro
    • Tok Pisin: taro
  • French: taro
  • German: Taro

References

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

taro

  1. wax

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

taro

  1. nominative singular of tara (the Pali root tar)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -arɔ
  • Syllabification: ta‧ro

Noun

taro f

  1. vocative singular of tara

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɾu

Etymology 1

Noun

taro m (plural taros)

  1. taro (Colocasia esculenta; edible corm of the taro plant)

Etymology 2

Verb

taro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tarar

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

taro

  1. taro

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾo/ [ˈt̪a.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Syllabification: ta‧ro

Etymology 1

Noun

taro m (uncountable)

  1. taro

Etymology 2

Verb

taro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tarar

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

taro

  1. taro

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English taro.

Noun

taro

  1. The taro plant.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtarɔ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -arɔ

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, turn; pierce).

Alternative forms

  • tarawo

Verb

taro (first-person singular present trawaf)

  1. to strike, hit
    Synonyms: curo, ergydio
  2. to jot down, to note
    Synonym: nodi
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English taro, from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

taro m (uncountable)

  1. taro

Mutation

References

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

  1. wax
  2. candle

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