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kākano

Maori

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Etymology

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Partial reduplication of kano from Proto-Polynesian *kano (compare Hawaiian ʻano and ʻanoʻano, Tahitian ʻaʻano and Tongan kano),[1][2] 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).[3][4] Itself doublet of kakano distinct by vowel elongation.

Noun

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kākano

  1. pip, kernel, flesh (of a coconut)
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 123
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ka-kano”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kano”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  4. ^ “Niu”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Further reading

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