tākuta

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English doctor.

Noun

tākuta

  1. doctor

Derived terms

  • tākuta poka (“surgeon”)

Verb

tākuta (passive tākutatia)

  1. to practise medicine

Further reading

  • “tākuta” 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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