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▪ I. ‖ moki1|ˈmɔki|
[Maori.]
Either of two New Zealand marine fishes, Latridopsis ciliaris, which is blue-grey and white, or the red moki, Chironemus spectabilis, which is reddish-brown, with dark brown bars on its sides; also, formerly, the blue cod, Parapercis colias.
[1820Gram. & Voc. Lang. N. Zealand (C.M.S.) 182 Moki, s. A fish so called.] 1845E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. iv. 93 The moki is also a well-flavoured fish, weighing 10 lbs. or 12 lbs. 1851E. Ward Jrnl. 14 Feb. (1951) 129 A Maori brought us a fish today which he called ‘Moko’—it was a very fair fish. 1857C. F. Hursthouse N. Zealand I. 122 Sea fish are more plentiful: the best are the Hapuka,..the Moki, the Wharehou [etc.]. 1893Star 25 May 2/8 The fish in question was New Zealand ‘Moki’, or blue cod, as it is called there, though it has less affinity with cod than with our own gray mullet. 1960Doogue & Moreland N.Z. Sea Anglers' Guide 235 Red Moki... Belongs to the same family [sc. the Chironemidæ] as tarakihi and porae, but the stouter body form and colour distinguish it immediately. 1968N.Z. Listener 15 Mar. 6/1 I've left a moki and a feed of crayfish in the outside safe. 1971N.Z. News 3 Feb. 3/2 A member of the Whangarei Underwater Club..shot a six-pound red moki.
▪ II. ‖ moki2|ˈmɔki|
Also mogey, moggie, mokihi, moguey.
[Maori.]
A kind of Maori raft. (See quots.)
1835J. A. Wilson Jrnl. 25 Aug. in Missionary Life & Work N.Z. (1889) ii. 25 The moki only carries one person at a time. You sit as on horseback. 1840J. S. Polack Manners & Cust. New Zealanders I. 226 In the absence of canoes, a quantity of dried bulrushes are fastened together, on which the native is enabled to cross a stream..; these humble conveyances are called moki. 1858Jrnl. Ho. Represent. N. Zealand App. iii. 18 (Morris), We crossed the river on mokis. 1860W. C. Let. 16 Apr. in J. H. Beattie Pioneers explore Otago (1947) vii. 45 He started in the dead of winter, on a moggie by himself... He crossed and re-crossed the lake several times. 1871C. L. Money Knocking About in N. Zealand 52 (ibid.), Moguey, a Maori name for a raupo or flax-stick raft. 1884R. C. Reid Rambles on Golden Coast N.Z. 53 It had been used by the diggers as the keel of their ‘mogey’. 1889V. Pyke Wild Will Enderby 115 From amongst the bushes he drew forth a ‘mokihi’, on which he crossed the river in safety. 1963Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 9 Dec., He made the journey from Kingston to Queenstown on a mokihi.
attrib.1858Jrnl. Ho. Represent. N. Zealand App. iii. 18 (Morris), Moki navigation.
▪ III. moki
var. moki-moki. |