harakeke

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori harakeke.

Noun[edit]

harakeke (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax

Maori[edit]

A tui on a flax plant

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

harakeke

  1. New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax
    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[edit]

  • “harakeke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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