kumara
/ˈkuːməɹə/
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New Zealand[ˈkʰʉːm(ə)ɹʷɐ]
kumara noun: the sweet potato.
Noun
kumara (plural kumaras or kumara)
- The sweet potato.
- They introduced the gourd, taro and kumara from the Polynesian Islands to the New Zealanders.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 98
- “And once, a woman threw a piece of cooked kumara at me and I ducked, and laughed…”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 368
Proper noun capitalized: Kumara
Kumara
- A small town on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.
kumara meaning in Tamil and Kannada
kumara in Tamil
- சத்திதரன்
kumara in Kannada
- ಸಿಹಿಗೆಣಸು, ಬೆಲ್ಲಗೆಣಸು
Forms of kumara
| plural | kumaras |
|---|---|
| plural | kumara |
Origin of kumara
Borrowed from Māori kūmara.
Borrowed from Māori.
Words formed from kumara
Phrases with kumara
Questions about kumara
- What does kumara mean?
- Kumara means the sweet potato.
- What is kumara in Tamil?
- Kumara in Tamil is சத்திதரன். See Kumara meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kumara?
- Kumara can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kumara?
- Kumara is pronounced /ˈkuːməɹə/.
- What is the plural of kumara?
- The plural of kumara is kumaras.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kumara (page history and authors); Kumara (page history and authors); kumara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kumara (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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