taro

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹoʊ/, /ˈtɑɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
• Homophone: tarot

Noun

taro (usually uncountable, plural taros)

1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

   Synonyms: colocasia, elephant ears, eddo, old cocoyam

   • 2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work‎, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134:

     The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture.

2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. Food from a taro plant.

   Synonyms: dasheen, madumbi, eddo

Anagrams

• -ator, Rato, rato, aort-, oart, Rota, Orta, RATO, Roat, rota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʁo/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Etymology 2

Clipping of tarif  +‎ -o

Further reading

• “taro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Paleo-Hispanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾo̝/

Noun

taro m (plural taros)

1. sandbank

   Synonyms: banco, barra, restinga, brica, sirte

2. peak, mountain

   Synonyms: cotarro, outeiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “taro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “taro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “taro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Noun

taro

1. taro

Verb

taro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tarare

Anagrams

• Rota, Torà, arto, atro, rato, rota, torà

Etymology

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Noun

taro ?

1. star

References

• Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎, pages 13-36