kahiko

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tafito.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kahiko (irregular plural kāhiko)

  1. old, traditional, ancient
  2. old person

See also

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAFITO.B”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online