poaka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori poaka (“pig”).

Noun

poaka (plural poakas)

1. (New Zealand, among the Maori people) A pig.
   • 1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives..., New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 62:

     When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out […]

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka.

Noun

poaka

1. pig
2. pork

Derived terms

• mīti poaka