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See also: Kokomo
English
Noun
kokomo (plural kokomos)
- Synonym of Blyth's hornbill
Maori
Etymology
Partial reduplication of komo (“to insert”) from Proto-Polynesian *komo₁ (compare with Hawaiian ʻomo (“lid, cover”)).[1]
Verb
kokomo
Noun
kokomo
References
Further reading
- Tent, Jan, Geraghty, Paul (2003) Borrowing: a Pacific perspective, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 151
- “kokomo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Tok Pisin
Noun
kokomo