pākiʻi

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *paa-tiki (“flounder, flatfish”). Cognate with Maori pātiki.

Noun

pākiʻi

  1. flatfish

Verb

pākiʻi

  1. (stative) to be flat, flattened

Further reading

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