| 释义 |
‖ whakapapa|fakaˈpapa|
[Maori.]
(Maori) genealogy; a genealogical table.
1960N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 249 You don't even know your own whakapapa! 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 438/2 Most Maori traditional narrative includes some whakapapa or genealogical record of a connection between the characters in the story. The web of the tale is often so entwined as to require the explanation afforded by the whakapapa. 1974N.Z. Listener 20 July 10/4, I can..make a brief and somewhat tentative reference to the links in our whakapapa, between our tribes they are a long way back. 1975D. Bagley Snow Tiger iv. 53 Turi's whakapapa stick, his most prized possession,..which gave his ancestry. |