Definition of Kumara

1. Noun. (New Zealand) A sweet potato. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kumara

1. the sweet potato [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kumara

kulans
kulas
kulcha
kulfi
kulfis
kulich
kulichi
kulintang
kulkeite
kullerudite
kultur
kulturkampf
kulturkampfs
kulturs
kum ba yah
kumara (current term)
kumaras
kumari
kumaris
kumazemi
kumazemis
kumbaya
kumbayah
kumis
kumiss
kumisses
kumisz
kumjoinus
kummel
kummels

Literary usage of Kumara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life and Progress in Australasia by Michael Davitt (1898)
"I went to kumara and Hokitika, south of Greymouth, to see these mining ... The gold mining at kumara is sluicing. The yellow grains are found as at ..."

2. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"He declares, "Each tribe has its own kumara, which were brought in the ... Thus Turi brought kumara; Kaha-kura either brought kumara originally or went for ..."

3. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"The lake is surrounded by hills, with dense and varied bush growing down to the water's edge. (3) To Boss. See Ete. 29. ROUTE 20. HOKITIKA BY kumara, THE ..."

4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... it is the bird sacred to their Mars (kumara\ as it wns to Juno, his mother, in the west. The feather of the peacock is used to ..."

5. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1896)
"He also brought the kumara (sweet potato), which he planted on the island, but it would not grow. This was the karakia (incantation) :— kumara no ..."

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