FromProto-Polynesian*rauka (compare withMaoriroaka(“abundant”) andHawaiianloaʻa(“to get, to acquire”)) fromProto-Polynesian*lawa-ka– compare withravaʻi ("rich, sufficient") androa (“very, entirely”). Alsodoublet ofroaʻa,^[1] see bothMaorirehu andnehu for similar free variation of initial phonemes in related languages.

noaʻa

1. toacquire,obtain

   Synonyms:roaʻa,hoʻo

• Yves Lemaître,Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “noaʻa” inDictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

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• Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
• Tahitian doublets
• Tahitian lemmas
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