Probably the ancestor of a Taino (the people who met Columbus) farmer about 5,000 years ago.
Riwai means potato in Maori.
Potato
The word "potato" has a short vowel sound for the letter 'a'.
The English word for the Maori word "Riwai" is "potato."
potato potato
potato = Kartoffel
The plural form for the word "potato" is "potatoes."
The Hindi word for potato is "आलू" (pronounced as aloo).
The German word for potato is Kartoffel.
aalookyah Potato = Alukam[neuter]
The word potato is pronounced with a long a.
The word potato is a common noun.