English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Maori harakeke.

Noun edit

harakeke (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax

Maori edit

 
A tui on a flax plant

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

harakeke

  1. New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax
    Unuhia te rito o te harakeke / Kei hea te kōmako e kō?
    If you remove the centre of the flax bush / Where then will the bellbird sing?

References edit

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