Etymograph

English

taonga

Taonga comes from Māori taonga ‘treasure’.

  1. Māorimoderntaonga1‘treasure’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013taonga1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English taonga
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Radio New Zealand: “The islands and fishing grounds that are now a…”.

Lineage

  1. MāorimoderntaongaWiktionary, English taonga‘treasure’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013taongaWiktionary, English taonga. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Radio New Zealand: “The islands and fishing grounds that are now a…”

Every English word from Māori taonga

Today it means

noun In Maori culture, any treasured thing, whether tangible or intangible.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “taonga”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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