hākaro

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saa-kalo (compare with Tahitian hāʻaro and ʻaʻaro both “to scrape from a cavity”; Tongan hakalo (“to scrape [of coconuts], coconut grater”); Samoan saʻalo (“to scrape”)) affixing *kalo₃ from Proto-Oceanic *kalo or *karut (“to scratch with fingernails, to claw at”) (compare with Fijian kadru, also doublet of raku) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *garut (“rub against, scrape, scratch”) (compare with Malay garut (“to grind against one another, to scrape”) and garu “to scratch”).

Verb

hākaro

1. to hollow out

Adjective

hākaro

1. hollowed

Related terms

• hāro
• hīkaro
• karo
• raku
• tīkaro

 

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “hākaro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 37
• “hākaro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.