kūmara

Maori

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Tongan kumala, Hawaiian ʻuala. Hypothesized to be connected to Quechua kumar; see here for further discussion.

Noun

kūmara

  1. A sweet potato

Descendants

  • → English: kumara

Further reading

  • “kūmara” 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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