English
kawakawa
Kawakawa comes from Māori kawakawa ‘kawakawa, a shrub endemic to New Zealand’.
- Māorimodernkawakawa‘kawakawa, a shrub endemic to New Zealand’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Māorimodernkawakawa‘kawakawa, a shrub endemic to New Zealand’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Polynesian *kawa ‘bitter ginger’
Today it means
noun A false albacore, a fish of species Euthynnus affinis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Māori kawakawa / kawakawa