rakuraku

Japanese

Romanization

rakuraku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らくらく

Māori

Etymology

Reduplication of raku.

Sense of 'guitar' instrument < strumming

Verb

rakuraku

  1. to scratch
  2. to strum
    Synonyms: raku, raraku

Noun

rakuraku

  1. rake, harrow
  2. guitar

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “rakuraku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 374
  • “rakuraku” 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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