noun
toa
noun
1
A small hand-painted marker traditionally made by the Diyari Aboriginal people of Australia, likely used as a signpost or way-marker.
"The museum displayed several toa collected in the late 1800s."
2
A brave warrior.
"The elders spoke of him as a toa who had defended the village."
How to Use Toa
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA traditional Aboriginal Australian trail-marker object, or, in Polynesian usage, a term for a warrior.
Word Forms
toas plural, toas plural, toas plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from the Dieri language word for "sign, mark, or messenger."