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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori kahika, from Proto-Polynesian *kafika (“Malay apple”), from Proto-Oceanic *kapika.
Pronunciation
Noun
kahika (plural kahikas)
- (rare) Synonym of kahikatea
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kafika (cognate with Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa and Tongan fekika), from Proto-Oceanic *kapika (cognate with Fijian kavika).
Noun
kahika
- Synonym of kahikatea
- (archaic, obsolete) Malay apple
Derived terms
References
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 112
- Gardner, Rhys (2005) “A botanist follows a linguist through the New Zealand bush: origins of Maori plant-names”, in Auckland Botanical Society Journal, volume 60, number 1, Auckland Botanical Society, pages 28-31
- “Kafika”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023