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tara

intj, noun — 4 senses

tara

intj

/tæˈɹɑː/ · /təˈɹɑː/

Etymology Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).

1

Ireland, Midlands, Northern England, UK, Wales, Informal Goodbye.

  • 2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.
Related terms
ta-ta

tara

noun

/ˈtɑːrɑː/

Etymology Borrowed from Māori tara (“tern”).

1

New Zealand, Rare The tern.

  • These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of[…]1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273:
  • Another account says that a tara (tern) and other birds alighted at Tahunatapu, the first part of the fish to surface, and that Maui greeted its appearance with an incantation that included the words : Appears the great land lying[…]1977, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Treasury of Maori Exploration: Legends Relating to the First Polynesian Explorers of New Zealand, Raupo:
2 more examples
  • Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern.[…]2003, Margaret Orbell, Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History, Raupo:
  • Again it is said that the tara (tern) alighted on the new land at Tahunatapu, the first part to emerge from the sea, and was followed by other birds. Māui recited an incantation of welcome which included the words : Appears the[…]2004, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Ross Calman, Reed Book of Maori Mythology, Raupo:

tara

noun
1

India A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.

  • The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70:

tara

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Spanish tara, ultimately from Quechua tara.

1

A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa

  • The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:
Derived terms
tara flour, tara gum

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