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‖ tumata-kuru|ˈtuːmataˌkʊrʊ|
Also tumatu-, tomata-kuru, -guru, tumatagowry, toomatoogooroo.
[Maori.]
A spiny, spreading New Zealand shrub, Discaria Toumatou, N.O. Rhamnaceæ, the thorns of which were used by the Maori in tattooing. Also called New Zealand Hawthorn, Wild Irishman, and corruptly matagouri.
1859J. T. Thomson in Otago Gaz. 22 Sept. 264 (Morris) Much over-run with the scrub called ‘tomata-guru’. 1883J. Hector Handbk. N. Zealand 131 Tumatakuru, Wild Irishman. A bush or small tree with spreading branches... The spines were used by the Maoris for tatooing. 1898Morris Austral Eng., Tumata-kuru..Tumatagowry, or Matagory is the Southern corruption of contractors, labourers, and others. |