kumara

/ ˈkuːmərə /

noun

1. a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root
2. the root of this plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of kumara¹

Māori

Example Sentences

He inherits his exogamous class, say Bukhara, from his father, and he must marry a woman of Class Kumara.

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Falling from the Grandsire's tank, is that world-sanctifying (stream), celebrated over the three worlds, called Kumara-Dhara.

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With them joined the god of cultivated food, such as the kumara, and the god of food that grows wild—such as the fern-root.

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Gradually the potato superseded amongst them the taro and fern-root, and even to some extent the kumara.

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Amid these sorrowful surroundings the gods gather and anoint Kumara, thus consecrating him as their general.

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