rorouira

Māori

Etymology

roro (“brain”) +‎ uira (“electric”) influenced by contact with Rarotongan and Tahitian rorouira (see also Hawaiian lolouila) – compare with rorohiko.

Noun

rorouira

  1. (rare) computer
    Synonym: rorohiko

Tahitian

Etymology

roro (“brain”) +‎ uira (“electric”)

Noun

rorouira

  1. computer

Further reading

  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “rorouira” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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