pukapuka

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Maori

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Etymology

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Sense of book due to similar white pages,[1] likely influenced by the English book with reduplication.

Noun

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pukapuka

  1. Brachyglottis repanda, shrub with soft leaves with white undersides.
  2. book

Reference

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  1. ^ Colenso, William (1883 July) “Nomenclature”, in Macaulay's New Zealander, number III, pages 1-21

Further reading

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  • “pukapuka” 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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