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Where does “pounamu” come from?

pounamu (Hawaiian) comes from Maori pounamu — greenstone.

pounamu (Hawaiian): jade, jadeite

Definitions

  1. jade, jadeite

Ancestry of “pounamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoripounamugreenstone
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