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kumara¹

  • /ˈkuːməɹə/
  • [ˈkʰʉːm(ə)ɹʷɐ] New Zealand
  • [ˈkʰʉːmɐɾɐ] literary

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Māori kūmara.

noun kumaras · kumara

  1. New Zealand The sweet potato. They introduced the gourd, taro and kumara from the Polynesian Islands to the New Zealanders.

Kumara²

  • /ˈkuːməɹə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Māori.

proper noun

  1. A small town on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.

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"kumara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kumara. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kumara. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kumara

Chicago

"kumara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kumara.

BibTeX
@misc{kumara_2026,
  title = {kumara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kumara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}