kawakawa
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Etymology edit
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kawakawa (countable and uncountable, plural kawakawas)
- Alternative form of kiwikiwi (“star fern”) (Blechnum fluviatie)
- A false albacore, a fish of species Euthynnus affinis.
- Piper excelsum (syn. Macropiper excelsum), a shrub endemic to New Zealand.
Translations edit
Euthynnus affinis
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Maori edit
Etymology edit
From its supposed resemblance to Proto-Polynesian *kawa (“bitter ginger; bitter; kava”), duplicated to indicate similarity (thus, cognate with Hawaiian ʻawa, Tongan kava and Samoan ʻava).[1][2] Further derived from Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ (“potent root”) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *wakaʀ (“root”), thus doublet of aka (“root”).
Noun edit
kawakawa
- kawakawa (Piper excelsum), a shrub endemic to New Zealand.
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Maranao edit
Noun edit
kawakawa
- loose soil
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