Etymology

kahika

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Today it means: Synonym of kahikatea. Full definition →

Māori kahika ← Proto-Polynesian *kafika ← Proto-Oceanic *kapika
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The story

  1. Proto-Oceanic · derived from*kapika
  2. Proto-Polynesian · derived from*kafika“Malay apple”
  3. Māori · borrowed fromkahika
  4. English todaykahika

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

Words from the same roots

Proto-Oceanic*kapika all →

kavika

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