kurira

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English gorilla.

Noun

kurira

  1. gorilla

References

“kurira” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

Tumbuka

Etymology

From kura (“to grow”) +‎ -ira (“applicative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'u'”).

Verb

-kurira (infinitive kukurira)

  1. intensive of -kura
    1. to go on growing

Derived terms

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 57
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