uraura

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qula-qula (“a prawn or shrimp”),[1] a reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *qura from Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ. Cognate with Niuean ulaula (“spiked prawn”). Equivalent to a reduplication of ura.

Noun

uraura

  1. krill (small marine crustacean)
  2. whalefeed, Munida gregaria
  3. shrimp (decapod crustacean)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ura (“to be reddish”).

Adjective

uraura

  1. reddened, flushed
Derived terms

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qula-qula”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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