pataka

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noun

A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.

OriginMāori pātaka →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

pataka1

nounpataka (plural pataka or patakas)

plural patakas

  1. New ZealandA Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.First known use 19th c.

    The brown grass that Barry cut for us / With the new sickle, is lying in heaps / Between the house and the door of the pataka / Where we stuck our mattresses.

    1972, James K. Baxter, ‘Autumn Testament’, Selected Poems, Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023, p. 281

pataka2

nounpataka (plural patakas)

plural patakas · alternative phataka · alternative patakha

  1. IndiaA firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.

Origin

pataka · noun

  1. Māoripātaka
  2. Māoripātaka
  3. Englishpataka

Borrowed from Māori pātaka.

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pataka · noun

  1. Hindiपटाका
  2. Englishpataka

Borrowed from Hindi पटाका (paṭākā), पटाखा (paṭākhā).

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APA

pataka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pataka

MLA

“pataka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pataka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pataka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pataka.

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