kōpī

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See also: kopi, kopí, köpi, kopī, and kɔpɩ

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *kava-pusi (compare with Samoan 'avapuhi plus Hawaiian ʻawapuhi and ʻōpuhi, “shampoo ginger, Zingiber zerumbet”)[1][2] from Proto-Polynesian *kawa (thus doublet of kawa and kawakawa).

Noun[edit]

kōpī

  1. Corynocarpus laevigatus
  2. ginger, Zingiber officinale

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawa-pusi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ “Kōpī”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎[1], Benton Family Trust, 2022
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