tīare

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tiale (compare with Samoan tiale, Tongan siale, Tahitian tiare and Hawaiian kiele), sense of scent eventually displacing that of the flower.[1][2]

Noun

tīare

  1. fragrance, scent
    Synonym: kakara
  2. (archaic, obsolete) gardenia

References
  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tiale”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
  2. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 507- 8

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