22 August 2013

parrot is papakai

papakai = parrot (noun) (some things Google found for "papakai": an unusual term; Papa Kai makes alaia surfboards for ocean use and home decoration in Hawaii and in San Diego; similarly named Papakea Resort on Maui; a very rare last name; Papakai Marae is the (Maori) name of a place in New Zealand; name of a mountain in New Zealand)

Word derivation for "parrot"
Basque = papagai, Finnish = papukaija
Miresua = papakai

The Lory is a character in the Caucus-Race in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lories are small to medium-sized Australasian parrots.

The words for parrot are similar in many European languages.

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