kokomo

See also: Kokomo

English

Noun

kokomo (plural kokomos)

1. Synonym of Blyth's hornbill

Maori

Etymology

Partial reduplication of komo (“to insert”) from Proto-Polynesian *komo₁ (compare with Hawaiian ʻomo (“lid, cover”)).

Verb

kokomo

1. to wear, to put on something

Noun

kokomo

1. shirt

Further reading

• Tent, Jan, Geraghty, Paul (2003) Borrowing: a Pacific perspective, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 151
• “kokomo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tok Pisin

Noun

kokomo

1. hornbill