English
karaka
Karaka comes from Māori karaka.
- Māorimodernkaraka
- Englishearliest quotation 1963same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Māorimodernkaraka
- Englishearliest quotation 1963same form
Earliest quotation: 1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow: “For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged…”
Every English word from Māori karaka
Today it means
noun An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Māori karaka / karaka