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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tafito.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
kahiko (irregular plural kāhiko)
- old, traditional, ancient
- old person
See also
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAFITO.B”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online