kakano
Maori
editEtymology 1
editPartial 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
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Etymology 2
editPartial reduplication of kano (“seed”), same as above
Noun
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- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
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- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
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