pakihi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori pākihi.

Pronunciation

  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpʌːkihi/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːkɪhi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑkəhi/

Noun

pakihi (plural pakihis or pakihi)

  1. (New Zealand) An area of open land (chiefly in western parts of the South Island), especially when waterlogged. [from 19th c.]
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 376:
      “You will then own 796 acres of pakihi and private sea beaches.”
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