Etymology

kapa haka

Today it means: Māori performing arts, including song, dance, and synchronized movement Full definition →

Māori kapa haka
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromkapa haka
  2. English todaykapa haka

Borrowed from Māori kapa haka (literally “line” (i.e. forming a line of people) “dance”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.