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toa.

A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

Where this word comes from

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

noun
  1. A brave warrior.

    New-Zealand
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Māori toa.

noun
  1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Māori toa. Doublet of koa.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.