Kiko

Ko te kiko he kupu mahia mō ētahi kai. He "kiko" mahia ki te kai takea mai te uaua o ngā kararehe pērā i te heihei, me te puaka,^[1] me te pirikahu,^[2] me te ika, i te ahatanga rānei.

He mahia hoki tēnei kupu ki te kai reka takea mai te ripiripi ki te hua (i te reo Pākehā: mesocarp,^[3] i te reo Rātini: caro^[4]) i muri te pīhorenga o tona kiri (i te reo Pākehā: exocarp).^[3]

Te kiko o tētahi kōtipi hua katiu/kākāriki. (Cucumis)
Te kai konatuhia mai ngā kiko hua mata ripiripi

Ngā tohutoro

↑ Jan Bay-Petersen (1983). "Competition for resources: the role of pig and dog in the Polynesian agricultural economy". Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 39 (77): 121–129. doi:10.3406/jso.1983.2793.
↑ "Beef + Lamb New Zealand Reference Guide".
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Fruit, Pericarp, Endocarp, Exocarp, Mesocarp". Master Garderners of Northern Virginia Illustrated Glossary. 2024.
↑ Todd A. Curtis (2024). Greek and Latin Roots of Medical and Scientific Terminologies. Wh. 132. ISBN 9781118358634.

[1] Jan Bay-Petersen (1983). "Competition for resources: the role of pig and dog in the Polynesian agricultural economy". Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 39 (77): 121–129. doi:10.3406/jso.1983.2793.

[2] "Beef + Lamb New Zealand Reference Guide".

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Fruit, Pericarp, Endocarp, Exocarp, Mesocarp". Master Garderners of Northern Virginia Illustrated Glossary. 2024.

[4] Todd A. Curtis (2024). Greek and Latin Roots of Medical and Scientific Terminologies. Wh. 132. ISBN 9781118358634.

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