kakano

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Maori

Etymology 1

Partial reduplication of kano (“variety”) from Proto-Polynesian *kano (compare Hawaiian ʻano and ʻanoʻano, Tahitian ʻaʻano and Tongan kano),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kanon (“flesh; kernel”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kan-ən from Proto-Austronesian *kaən-an (“food, cooked rice”) from Proto-Austronesian *kaən (“to eat”) (thus doublet of kai).[2][3]

Noun

kakano

  1. texture, grain (of wood)
  2. variety

Etymology 2

Partial reduplication of kano (“seed”), same as above

Noun

kakano

  1. berry

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 123
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kano”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ “Niu”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Further reading

  • “kakano” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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