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▪ I. ‖ ko1 N.Z.|kəʊ|
[Maori.]
A digging-stick.
1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iii. 367 Ko—a tool with which the natives plant their sweet potatoes. 1868W. Colenso in Trans. N.Z. Inst. I. Essay 15 A ko, a rude kind of narrow and pointed spade with a very long handle, to which, at about 18 inches or more from the point, they [sc. Maoris] fitted a small crooked bit of carved wood, as a rest for the foot. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 Plantations of kumara..which the Maori with his primitive ko (native wooden spade) had brought under tillage with much labour. 1941Alley & Hall Farmer in N.Z. i. 3 His [sc. the Maori's] instant casting aside of his poor crude ko and timo (or grubbing stick) in favour of European spades and hoes. 1955W. J. Phillipps Maori Carving Illustr. 16 Designs carved on the upper ends of ko or digging sticks.
▪ II. ‖ ko, n.3 Chinese Antiq.|gəʊ, kəʊ|
Also ge.
[Chinese gē (Wade-Giles ko) spear, lance.]
A weapon that can be used as both a dagger and an axe; a halberd.
1923Bull. Geol. Survey China v. 8 A favourite weapon in the Chinese Bronze age..is called ko..in Chinese, and ordinary dictionaries define it as being a kind of spear. 1929W. P. Yetts George Eumorfopoulos Coll. Catal. I. 66 Andersson's conclusion that the ko is a hache-poignard or dagger-axe, comparable with a weapon used in the early Bronze Age of Europe, leaves more to be said. 1940J. C. Ferguson Survey Chinese Art i. 8 Military implements..made of bronze..in ancient China..may be roughly divided into a few general classes: (a) those used for striking, such as the ko, chi, fu and tsih..(b) those used for thrusting [etc.]. 1978New Archaeol. Finds in China II. 29 The 60 or so burial objects in the tomb included..the weapons mao (spear), ko (dagger-axe) and fu (axe). 1978Nagel's Encycl.-Guide: China 107 The characteristic weapon was the ge, a sort of hook mounted on a handle.
▪ III. ko
= quo', abridged f. quoth: cf. ka. |