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phataka

phataka is the alternative form 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.

Forms of phataka

pluralphatakas

Questions about phataka

What is phataka the alternative form of?
Phataka is the alternative form of pataka.

Words near phataka in the dictionary

  1. PHASRs
  2. phat
  3. phat pants
  4. phatagin
  5. phatagins
  6. phataka
  7. phatakas
  8. phatic
  9. phatic communion
  10. phatically
  11. phaticity

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