kahika

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kahika, from Proto-Polynesian *kafika (“Malay apple”), from Proto-Oceanic *kapika.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌhiːkə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌhikə/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐhiːkɘ/

Noun

kahika (plural kahikas)

(rare) Synonym of kahikatea

Anagrams

kakahi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kafika (cognate with Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa and Tongan fekika), from Proto-Oceanic *kapika (cognate with Fijian kavika).

Noun

kahika

Synonym of kahikatea
(archaic, obsolete) Malay apple

Derived terms

kahikatea

References

Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 112
Gardner, Rhys (2005), “A botanist follows a linguist through the New Zealand bush: origins of Maori plant-names”, in Auckland Botanical Society Journal‎, volume 60, issue 1, Auckland Botanical Society, pages 28-31
“Kafika”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023

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