aikiha

Māori

Etymology

Borrowed from English handkerchief. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How does this constitute a loan when the phonotactics are so far off? See also Hawaiian hinakā.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaikiha/ [ˈɐikihɐ]

Noun

aikiha

  1. handkerchief

Further reading

  • “aikiha” 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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