tākihi

See also: takihī

Māori

Etymology

Possibly connected with Rarotongan katu iʻi and Tahitian ihi “Polynesian chestnut, sea grape (Inocarpus fagifer)”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tākihi

  1. kidney

Further reading

  • “tākihi” 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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