karaka

See also: kāraka

English

Etymology 1

From Māori karaka.

Noun

karaka (plural karakas)

1. (New Zealand) An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
   • 1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 102:

     For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged in the wind against the bit of our iron fence that still stood […] .

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 59:

     It may have been around this time that ‘wild’ plants such as karaka, cabbage tree and bracken fern began to be semi-cultivated.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

karaka (plural karakas)

1. (Vedic astrology) A significator.

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈraka/ [kɐˈɾɐkɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kalaka from Proto-Oceanic *kalaka (“Planchonella”).

Noun

karaka

1. karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)
2. orange

See also

Colors in Māori · ngā tae (layout · text)

tea, mā	kiwikiwi	pango, mangu
mea, kura, whero	karaka; parauri	kōwhai, renga
	kāriki, kākāriki	kārikiuri
	kikorangi	kahurangi
tūāuri	waiporoporo	māwhero

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clock.

Noun

karaka

1. clock

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎraka/

Noun

kàraka f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рака)

1. carrack

Declension

    Declension of karaka

	singular	plural
nominative	karaka	karake
genitive	karake	karaka
dative	karaki	karakama
accusative	karaku	karake
vocative	karako	karake
locative	karaki	karakama
instrumental	karakom	karakama

References

• “karaka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026