potipoti

Māori

Etymology 1

Reduplication of poti “angle, corner”

Noun

potipoti

1. box
   1. a special kind of compartment with a rope-hinged lid used by tohunga

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

potipoti

1. conch trumpet
2. sand flea, sandhopper

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “potipoti”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 345
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “potipoti”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN