Karakaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Maori karaka.

名詞

karaka (plural karakas)

1. (New Zealand) An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 59:

     It may have been around this time that ‘wild’ plants such as karaka, cabbage tree and bracken fern began to be semi-cultivated.

語源 2

名詞

karaka (plural karakas)

1. (Vedic astrology) A significator.