rata

rata · noun¹

1. Tahitian · borrowed fromrātā“tree of genus Metrosideros”
2. Māori · borrowed fromrātā
3. English todayrata

] From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”).

rata · noun²

Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”).