ākau

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *sakaʀu (“reef, shoal”) (compare with Tahitian aʻau (“coral reef”), Tongan hakau, Fijian cakau (“reef”)) Doublet of akau. === Noun === ākau reef coast (of seas), bank (of rivers) ==== Alternative forms ==== akau === References === === Further reading === “ākau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.