harakeke
English
Alternative forms
- haragag (historical, 1769)
Etymology
Borrowed from MāoriCategory:English terms borrowed from Māori#HARAKEKECategory:English terms derived from Māori#HARAKEKE harakeke.
Noun
harakeke (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#HARAKEKECategory:English nouns#HARAKEKECategory:English uncountable nouns#HARAKEKECategory:English uncountable nouns#HARAKEKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HARAKEKECategory:Pages with entries#HARAKEKECategory:Pages with 2 entries#HARAKEKE
- (New ZealandCategory:New Zealand English#HARAKEKE) New Zealand flax, Phormium tenaxCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Phormium%20tenax
Māori
Etymology
The hara- segment is ultimately derived from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#HARAKEKECategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#HARAKEKE *paŋudaN. Cognate with Hawaiian hala and Malay pandan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈharakeke/ [ˈhɐɾɐkɛkɛ]Category:Māori terms with IPA pronunciation#HARAKEKE
Noun
harakekeCategory:Māori lemmas#HARAKEKECategory:Māori nouns#HARAKEKECategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#HARAKEKECategory:Pages with entries#HARAKEKECategory:Pages with 2 entries#HARAKEKE
- New Zealand flax (Phormium tenaxCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Phormium%20tenax)
- Unuhia te rito o te harakeke / Kei hea te kōmako e kō?
- If you remove the centre of the flax bush / Where then will the bellbird sing?
References
- “harakeke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.