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Maori
Etymology
Reduplication of puka.[1][2] Sense of book due to similar white pages, likely influenced by the English book with reduplication also indicating quantity of pages.[3][2]
Noun
pukapuka
- Brachyglottis repanda, shrub with soft leaves with white undersides.
- book
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 369
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Puka”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2024
- ^ Colenso, William (1883 July) “Nomenclature”, in Macaulay's New Zealander, number III, pages 1-21
Further reading
- “pukapuka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.