mate huka

Maori

Etymology

From mate (“disease”) +‎ huka (“sugar”), calque of English sugar sickness.

Noun

mate huka

  1. diabetes

Further reading

  • “mate huka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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