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1. (n.) the frond or leaf of the coconut palm: when severed from the tree it is then called kikau.

1. coconut frond. (< nī- + kau. cf. pararaha. || Rar. kīkau.) .

kata nīkau / coconut leaflet.
tāpekahia tahi nīkau ki runga i toku pūniu. / Tie a coconut frond upon my coconut tree. (This means the tree is taboo.)
The products from coconut fronds are as follows: kete, pākererei, pātaro, raurau, tapakau, taunga, titi, tūpono, etc /

1. (n.) Coconut frond (Ait. Dial., cf. Rar. kīkau). [Ce.*niikau.] .

1. (n.) fishing net made of coconut fronds (nīkau), i.e. about 20 cocnut fronds combined to form a long net. Many people should cooperate to fish with this kind of net. (syn. rau for short. Rel. saesae i te nīkau to split the coconut frond. sere i te nīkau to tie coconut fronds to form a net. taki i te rau to push the net. cf. kupenga, tōtō. (PB: 198.) .

1. (n.) the top point of the coconut leaf.

1. (n.) the leaf-stalk of the coconut leaf: .

kia akara atu ra au, te kite ra au i a ia, te aere mai ra ma te kau-pu-nikau i te rima / when I looked, I saw then, that he was coming holding a coconut leaf-stalk in his hand.

1. (n.) the name of the coconut leaf when severed from the tree: a basket. Note: before the coconut leaf is severed from the tree it is called nikau. The name of the plaited coconut leaves used to form the sides and walls of a native hut, also the roof, are called kikau. The leaves which form the sides are generally braided at the edges, which gives the completed house a neater appearance.

1. (n.) a method of catching fish with nikau fronds.