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Meaning of pataka | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.
    New-Zealand
  2. A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.
    India

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Pataki Pataky Patalano Patalpani patamar Patan

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