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taro.

to strike, hit

4 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtarɔ/North-Wales/ˈta(ː)rɔ/South-Wales
  1. to strike, hit

  2. to jot down, to note

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; pierce”).

noun/ˈtarɔ/North-Wales/ˈta(ː)rɔ/South-Wales
  1. taro

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From English taro, from Māori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

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