kākāriki

See also: kakariki

Maori

Etymology

kākā (“parrot”) +‎ riki (“small”)

Sense of colour from description of its feathers.[1]

Noun

kākāriki

  1. a New Zealand parakeet of genus Cyanoramphus
  2. green, colour of said parakeet
  3. a green species of gecko
  4. cantaloupe

Verb

kākāriki

  1. to become green

Adjective

kākāriki

  1. green

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)
     tea, mā      kiwikiwi      pango
             mea, kura, whero              karaka; parauri              kōwhai, renga
                          kāriki, kākāriki              kārikiuri
                          kikorangi              kahurangi
             tūāuri              waiporoporo              māwhero

References

  1. ^ Dodgson, Neil, Chen, Victoria, Zahido, Meimuna (November 2024) “The colonisation of the colour pink: variation and change in Māori’s colour lexicon”, in Linguistics, →DOI, pages 13-14
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