"hiku" meaning in Maori

See hiku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *siku (“extremity, tail, end”) (compare with Tahitian hiʻu, Tongan hiku) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (“elbow”) (compare with Malay siku (“elbow”)) Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*siku|t=extremity, tail, end}} Proto-Polynesian *siku (“extremity, tail, end”), {{cog|ty|hiʻu}} Tahitian hiʻu, {{cog|to|hiku}} Tongan hiku, {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*siku|t=elbow}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (“elbow”), {{cog|ms|siku|t=elbow}} Malay siku (“elbow”) Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} hiku, {{mi-noun}} hiku
  1. tail
    Sense id: en-hiku-mi-noun-DGL4du8d
  2. rear, end
    Sense id: en-hiku-mi-noun-byImndGR
  3. apex (of a leaf)
    Sense id: en-hiku-mi-noun-SDdNjdHq Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Maori entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 30 34 7 7 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 7 7 21 Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hikuhiku, kihukihu
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          "leaf"
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    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
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    },
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