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Maori
Etymology
From mate (“disease”) + huka (“sugar”), calque of English sugar sickness.
Noun
mate huka
- diabetes
Further reading
- “mate huka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.