Home › Words › K › koauaukoauaukoauau · noun — A small Māori flute, ductless and notchless, with three to six fingerholes.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Māori kōauau.nounA small Māori flute, ductless and notchless, with three to six fingerholes.e.g.“Piripi holds the koauau toward them and places his finger at the mouth of the flute.” — 2004, Cathie Dunsford, Ao Toa: Earth Warriors, page 137:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.koncovka 56% match — A kind of overtone fipple flute with no finger holes from Slovakia. vs koauau →hotchiku 54% match — An end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Japanese music, similar to the shakuhachi. vs koauau →ahuula 53% match — A feathered cloak traditionally worn by the native Hawaiian elite. vs koauau →kawau 53% match — The great cormorant. vs koauau →korowai 52% match — A member of a people of southeastern Papua who are hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists. vs koauau →bawu 52% match — A kind of free reed wind instrument from China that is shaped like a flute. vs koauau →aulos 52% match — Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes. vs koauau →kono 52% match — A traditional Maori woven basket. vs koauau →