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hapuku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ha-puku
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand.

name

A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean north of Kaikoura.

name

A small settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand, at the mouth of the river.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori hāpuku.

Inflected Forms

hapukus (plural) hapuka (alternative) whapuka (alternative) whapuku (alternative) Hāpuku (canonical)

Questions

What does hapuku mean?
A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand.
Where does hapuku come from?
Borrowed from Māori hāpuku.

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