inanga

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori inanga. === Noun === inanga (plural inangas) (New Zealand) A fish, the jollytail (Galaxias maculatus). === Anagrams === Gianna, angina == Māori == === Alternative forms === īnanga (all senses) īnaka (grass tree) === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *hinaŋa (“whitebait”). Cognate with Hawaiian hinana, Tahitian inaʼa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinaŋa/ [ˈinɐŋɐ] === Noun === inanga A fish, the jollytail (Galaxias maculatus). The grass tree, a shrub in the genus Dracophyllum. bamboo white greenstone ==== Synonyms ==== (grass tree): emiemi, neinei (bamboo): kohe ==== Descendants ==== → English: inanga === Further reading === “inanga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Rapa Nui == === Noun === inanga heart