kakaho
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A reed (Chionochloa conspicua), native to New Zealand.
Example Sentences
- "Directly the kakahos were laden they poled away, whilst the lady heard the name of Tu-rere-ao constantly repeated by the people, so that she felt sure it was really Tu-rere-ao ; and her heart felt glad as they poled away from the camp at Te One-heke, which is situated at the seaward end of the present town of Whanganui."
- "By 5.30 pm Sunday afternoon, the bundles of kiekie were hanging to dry in the wharekai, beside the kakaho."
- "The chief Tohunga performed ceremonies over the pou-toko-manawa or centre post, and when the kakaho reeds forming the patterned walls were laced in position, karakia were repeated."