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muka

muka noun: prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.

Noun

muka (uncountable)

  1. Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.

Proper noun capitalized: Muka

Muka

  1. A surname.
    • “Phytoestrogens are clinical components found in plants that are very similar to the female hormone, estrogen,” explained Dr. Taulant Muka, lead author of the new studyand^([sic]) a researcher at Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands.2016 June 21, Susan Scutti, “Herbal remedies improve early menopause symptoms”, in CNN

Origin of muka

Borrowed from Māori.

Phrases with muka

Questions about muka

What does muka mean?
Muka means prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.
What part of speech is muka?
Muka can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near muka in the dictionary

  1. mujtahid
  2. mujtahids
  3. mujtahidūn
  4. Muk-thang
  5. MUk.
  6. muka
  7. Mukachevo
  8. mukaddam
  9. mukaddams
  10. Mukalla
  11. Mukamel syndrome

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