English Explanatory Dictionary

toa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.
noun
  1. A brave warrior.
noun
  1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.

Word forms

toa toas

Etymology

Borrowed from Dieri toa (“sign, mark, stick, messenger”), thoa, thuwa.

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