tara
interjectionnounnounnouncommon in dialogue
- //tæˈɹɑː//
- //təˈɹɑː//
- //ˈtɑːrɑː//
Goodbye.
interjection
- 1
informalGoodbye.
2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.
Etymology
Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).
noun
- 1
rareThe tern.
These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of[…]
Another account says that a tara (tern) and other birds alighted at Tahunatapu, the first part of the fish to surface, and that Maui greeted its appearance with an incantation that included the words : Appears the great land lying[…]
Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern.[…]
Again it is said that the tara (tern) alighted on the new land at Tahunatapu, the first part to emerge from the sea, and was followed by other birds. Māui recited an incantation of welcome which included the words : Appears the[…]
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori tara (“tern”).
noun
- 1
A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.
noun
- 1
A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tara, ultimately from Quechua tara.
Forms
- plural
- taras