potipoti

Maori

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
• “potipoti” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.