takahē

• takahe

Borrowed from Maori takahē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkəˌheɪ/, /ˈtɑkəˌhi/

takahē (plural takahēs)

1. A species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand.

• (flightless bird species): Porphyrio hochstetteri, mōho, Notornis

• North Island takahe - Porphyrio mantelli
• South Island takahe - Porphyrio hochstetteri

From takahi (“to trample”); from Proto-Polynesian *taka-fi (“to tread on, to trample”) (compare with Hawaiian keʻehi (“to stamp, to trample, to brace with one's feet”), Tahitian taʻahi, Tongan takahi (“to scratch”)).^[1][2]

takahē

1. takahē, species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand.

• → English: takahe, takahē

• “takahē” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.