akeake

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori akeake.

Noun

akeake

1. (New Zealand) A tree of species Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
2. (New Zealand) A tree of species Olearia traversiorum.
3. (New Zealand) A tree of species Olearia avicenniaefolia.

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeake/ [ɐˈkɛɐkɛ]

Etymology 1

Reduplication of ake, from Proto-Polynesian *ake (“Zanthoxylum”). Cognates include Hawaiian aʻe (“soapberries esp. Sapindus saponaria, Zanthoxylum in general”), Rarotongan akeake (“ibid.”), Tahitian aʻeaʻe (“Sapindus saponaria”) and Tongan ake (“hardwood possibly Zanthoxylum pinnatum”).

Application to broadleaf hopbush (doublet of ake) due to similar trait of black seeds, similar name applied to olearias within the same order (Sapindales) based on similar traits of leaves and scent released perhaps to a tropical Zanthoxylum species.

Noun

akeake

1. broadleaf hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)

   Synonyms: ake, akerautangi

2. mountain akeake (Shawia avicenniifolia syn. Olearia avicenniaefolia)
3. Chatham Island akeake (Olearia traversiorum)

Descendants

• → English: akeake

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

akeake

1. infertile land

Further reading

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

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of ake (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌa.ke.ˈʔa.ke]

Verb

akeake

1. (stative) to be watery, tasteless, bland

Conjugation

Conjugation of akeake

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toakeake	foakeake	miakeake
2nd person		noakeake	niakeake
3rd person	masculine	oakeake	iakeake yoakeake (archaic)
	feminine	moakeake
	neuter	iakeake

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh