wauke
English
Noun
wauke
- The paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyifera, used to make kapa.
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Polynesian *aute. Cognate with Māori aute (“bark cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwau̯.ke/, [ˈʋɐw.ke], [ˈʋɔw.ke] (rapid speech)
Noun
wauke
- The paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyifera, used to make kapa
Further reading
- wauke in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AUTE”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559