Etymology

kawaka

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Today it means: A New Zealand tree, Libocedrus plumosa. Full definition →

Māori kawaka
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromkawaka
  2. English todaykawaka

Borrowed from Māori kawaka.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.