toa

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

   “These thirty-four toa constructions, made from urban debris and ceremoniously installed in a circular (or sometimes oval) bed of sand, bring together the multiple themes centred on reclamation that preoccupied his life.”

2. isim A brave warrior.

   “The toa or brave who distinguished himself was thought very highly of.”

3. isim A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.

   “The toa wood of the South Pacific islands is similar to Eastern walnut in color and texture, but is much finer in figure.”