reʻa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rea"

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (compare with Tagalog luya, Malay halia). Sense of "turmeric" likely from overlap with Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga.

Noun

reʻa

ginger
Synonym: reʻa tinitō
turmeric
Synonym: reʻa māʻohi
yolk

Related terms

reʻareʻa

References

Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
“reʻa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

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