kahakaha
1. (noun) perching lily, Collospermum hastatum - a native plant with long, broad, tufted, grass-like leaves with black leaf bases and arranged in fans. Grows in trees, on rocks or on the ground. Has green flowers, on spreading fingers. Fruit turns red in autumn.
Synonyms: kōkaha, tākahakaha, kōwharawhara
2. (noun) undergarment.
Ko te pūeru i waho, ko te kahakaha i roto (NM 1926:116). / The course cape on the outside and the kahakaha underneath.
