kahiko

See also: kāhiko

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tafito.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈhi.ko/, [kəˈhi.ko]

Noun

kahiko (irregular plural kāhiko)

  1. old, traditional, ancient
  2. old person

See also

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAFITO.B”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559