paoi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *poʔoi (“pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy”), from Proto-Central Pacific *boxoi "a kind of pudding". Cognate with Hawaiian poi (“poi”), Fijian bokoi (“pudding”).

Verb

paoi (passive paoia or paoihia or paoitia)

  1. to pound fern root with a wooden beater

Noun

paoi

  1. wooden fern-root pounder
  2. pestle

Further reading

  • “paoi” 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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