| 释义 |
‖ karakia N.Z.|karaˈkia|
Pl. -kia, -kias.
[Maori.]
An incantation (see quot. 1949).
1832H. Williams Jrnl. 6 Jan. in H. Carleton Life H. Williams (1874) I. 111 If they should be where they cannot land, everyone immediately ceases talking, and they commence karakia [their incantations]. 1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. i. vii. 114 The ‘Karakia’ (prayers)..are most powerful when coming from a priest who is distinguished by high birth. 1862A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 10 Sept. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. xiii. 791 We got there just after the flag had been hoisted & while the karakia were being chanted. 1874J. C. Johnstone Maoria 191 Karakia, incantations. In their use of this word the Maoris had no idea of prayer, and it is a mistake to attach that meaning to Karakia. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 38 [The Maori's] ‘karakia’ (incantations) were invocations to his gods to preserve him from the Unknown. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira x. 70 Preparing herself..by the recitation of proper karakias—incantations. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iv. iii, The priests established oral communication with their gods by means of Karakia. A Karakia may be defined as a formula of words which was chanted to obtain benefit or avert trouble... They cover a range which exceeds the bounds of religion. It is therefore impossible for one English word to cover adequately all the meanings of Karakia. All Karakia are chants but there are a number of chants,..which are not Karakia... Probably incantation is the nearest in general meaning. 1959Tindale & Lindsay Rangatira iv. 41 The karakia ceremony in which the canoe said farewell to the stump on which it had grown. 1968Landfall XXII. 255 Underneath, Back, back The old life seeths, Sound of old chants, Of karakias In my skin.
Hence as v. trans., to put a spell on (a person or object) by chanting or reciting karakia; also intr., to chant or recite karakia.
1833H. Williams Let. in H. Carleton Life H. Williams (1874) I. 134 His old superstition was too strong, though he did not submit to be karakia'd previous to dissolution. 1836J. A. Wilson Jrnl. in Missionary Life & Work N.Z. (1889) iii. 42 They invited me to hold afternoon prayers..I reminded them of the cruel and bloody war they had long waged... They..again pressed me to karakia. 1874H. Carleton Life H. Williams I. 41 The natives said he had ‘Karakia'd’ us—a term they apply to our religious worship. |