Lexicographical Neighbors of Poaka
Literary usage of Poaka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammar of the New Zealand Language by Robert Maunsell (1882)
"... an adjective is made to qualify two substantives :—Ko te poaka raua ko te ...
and flour (they are both) sweet, or a (sweetness) ; he mea reka te poaka, ..."
2. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1905)
"... Whare- rahi and Whare-poaka, and made a raid on the people of the Thames
Valley, where they did great destruction amongst the Ngati-Haua, Ngati-Maru, ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1906)
"For all we know at present the name poaka may be of Spanish or Portuguese origin,*
but what of kuri and moa. The Maori of New Zealand used the name moa to ..."
4. Grammar of the New Zealand Language by Robert Maunsell (1882)
"... an adjective is made to qualify two substantives :—Ko te poaka raua ko te ...
and flour (they are both) sweet, or a (sweetness) ; he mea reka te poaka, ..."
5. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1905)
"... Whare- rahi and Whare-poaka, and made a raid on the people of the Thames
Valley, where they did great destruction amongst the Ngati-Haua, Ngati-Maru, ..."
6. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1906)
"For all we know at present the name poaka may be of Spanish or Portuguese origin,*
but what of kuri and moa. The Maori of New Zealand used the name moa to ..."
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