hākaro

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *saa-kalo (compare with Tahitian hāʻaro and ʻaʻaro both “to scrape from a cavity”; Tongan hakalo (“to scrape [of coconuts], coconut grater”); Samoan saʻalo (“to scrape”)) affixing *kalo₃ from Proto-Oceanic *kalo or *karut (“to scratch with fingernails, to claw at”) (compare with Fijian kadru, also doublet of raku) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *garut (“rub against, scrape, scratch”) (compare with Malay garut (“to grind against one another, to scrape”) and garu “to scratch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːkaro/ [ˈhɑːkɐɾɔ] === Verb === hākaro to hollow out === Adjective === hākaro hollowed === Related terms === === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hākaro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 37 “hākaro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.