pikopiko

Japanese

Romanization

pikopiko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピコピコ

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of piko “to bend” – compare with Samoan piʻopiʻo.

Adjective

pikopiko

  1. (of rivers etc) winding, meandering, crooked
  2. (of plants) tender, young
    1. unripe[1]
      Synonym: ota

Noun

pikopiko

  1. fiddlehead, young fern frond (in general)[2]

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 337
  2. ^ “Mahuku”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2025

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pikopiko”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 326
  • “pikopiko” 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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