pīkau

Māori

Etymology

From Marquesic *piikao "package". Cognate with Hawaiian pīʻao}.

Noun

pīkau

  1. backpack

Descendants

  • → English: pikau

Verb

pīkau (passive pīkaungia or pīkauria or pīkautia)

  1. (transitive) to carry on the back

Derived terms

  • pīkaunga (“load”)

Further reading

  • “pīkau” 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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