karikari

Japanese

Romanization

karikari

1. Rōmaji transcription of かりかり
2. Rōmaji transcription of カリカリ

Maori

Etymology 1

Reduplication of kari “to dig out”

Verb

karikari

1. to strip off (of bark etc.)

Etymology 2

Reduplication of kari “to cleave”

Noun

karikari

1. notch

Derived terms

• whakakarikari

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “karikari”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 119
• “karikari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.