kahu kautere

Maori

Etymology

From kahu (“cloak”) +‎ kautere (“float about freely”).

Noun

kahu kautere

  1. life jacket
    Synonym: hākete whakaora

Further reading

  • “kahu kautere” 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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