English
hoiho
Hoiho comes from Māori hoiho.
- Māorimodernhoiho
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Māorimodernhoiho
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
Earliest quotation: 2018, Murdo MacLeod: “With an 80% loss rate for each year’s chicks,…”
Every English word from Māori hoiho
Today it means
noun The yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Māori hoiho / hoiho