taro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori taro, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *talo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəʊ/
- Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
- Homophone: tarot
Noun
taro (usually uncountable, plural taros)
- Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
- Food from a taro plant.
Synonyms
- (Colocasia esculenta): colocasia, elephant ears
- (similar plants):
- (edible portion): dasheen
Hyponyms
- (similar plants): giant taro, Alocasia and species, especially Alocasia macrorrhizos; swamp taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii; Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: taro
Translations
Colocasia esculenta
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food from the taro plant
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See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
- taro (plant)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “taro” in le 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): /ˈtaɾo̝/
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
References
- “taro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “taro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “taro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiri Motu
Noun
taro
Italian
Verb
taro
- first-person singular present indicative of tarare
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs (compare Javanese talas).
Noun
taro
Descendants
Portuguese
Noun
taro m (plural taros)
- taro (Colocasia esculenta)
- taro (the edible corm of the taro plant)
Spanish
Verb
taro
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *talo
Noun
taro
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
taro
- The taro plant.
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Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtarɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtaːrɔ/, /ˈtarɔ/
Verb
taro (first-person singular present trawaf)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | trawaf | trewi | tery, trawa | trawn | trewch | trawant | trewir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | trawn | trawit | trawai | trawem | trawech | trawent | trewid | |
| preterite | trewais | trewaist | trawodd | trawsom | trawsoch | trawsant | trawyd | |
| pluperfect | trawswn | trawsit | trawsai | trawsem | trawsech | trawsent | trawsid, trewsid | |
| present subjunctive | trawyf | trewych | trawo | trawom | trawoch | trawont | trawer | |
| imperative | — | taro | trawed | trawn | trewch | trawent | trawer | |
| verbal noun | taro | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | trawedig trawadwy | |||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| taro | daro | nharo | tharo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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