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patakas

patakas is the plural of pataka.

Meaning of pataka

Noun (1)

pataka (plural pataka or patakas)

  1. (New Zealand) A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.
    • The brown grass that Barry cut for us / With the new sickle, is lying in heaps / Between the house and the door of the pataka / Where we stuck our mattresses.1972, James K. Baxter, ‘Autumn Testament’, Selected Poems, Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023, p. 281

Noun (2)

pataka (plural patakas)

  1. (India) A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.

Questions about patakas

What is patakas the plural of?
Patakas is the plural of pataka.

Words near patakas in the dictionary

  1. patagornithines
  2. patail
  3. patails
  4. Patak
  5. pataka
  6. patakas
  7. patakh
  8. patakha
  9. patakhas
  10. Pataki
  11. Pataky

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