ika
Maori
noun
Definitions
- fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
- slain warrior, victim
- (figurative) prized possession
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *ika inherited from Proto-Oceanic *ikan inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan inherited from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*Sikan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aotearoa English
- *hikan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *Sikan Proto-Austronesian
- Aotearoa Hawaiian
- iʻa Hawaiian
- ਆਓਤੇਆਰੋਆ Panjabi, Punjabi
- *ikan Proto-Malayic
- Aotearoa Maori
- Māui Maori
- a Maori
- ao Maori
- nui Maori
- roa Maori
- te Maori
- tea Maori
- *ika Proto-Polynesian
- *ikan Proto-Oceanic
- *ikan Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi
- ika Fijian
- *hikan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- ika Rapa Nui
- iʻa Samoan
- ika Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- *ikan Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- ikan Ilocano
- iik Chuukese
- ngikel Palauan
- iʻa Tahitian
- ikan Limos Kalinga
- ika Niuatoputapu