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Karaka, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
A rural area in the North Island of New Zealand.
Kāraka, a concept in the grammar of Pāṇini, roughly similar to the concept of thematic role or theta role.

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Category: Disambiguation Binomial name Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus, Corynocarpaceae) is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or one of various ways of being not native (e. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... (à¤ªà¤¾à¤£à¤¿à¤¨ ; IPA ) was an ancient Gandharan grammarian (approximately 5th century BC, but estimates range from the 7th to the 3rd centuries) who is most famous for formulating the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology known as the . ... Thematic role is the semantic relationship between a predicate (e. ... In linguistics, a theta role or Î¸-role is the semantic role a noun phrase plays in a sentence. ...

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	Karaka of a matter is the significator of that particular matter and signifies / causes events related to that matter.
	For instance Sun is the karaka for the soul, Moon for the mind, Mercury for the intellect, Mars for courage and Jupiter for children.
	According to one such reading the karaka for mother is followed by the karaka for father while matrukaraka and putrakaraka are one and the same.

KARAKA (627 words)
	The karaka has large dark green, glossy leaves that remind us that it is a family from the tropics.
	Karaka is a coastal tree of the North Island but can be found as far South as Westport and Banks Peninsula.
	Maori legend maintains that the karaka tree was brought to New Zealand by the early Maoris from their homeland, the legendary Hawaiki, but that doesn't fit the known distribution of the genus.

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