murukn.

Brit.

/ˈmʊərʊk/,

/ˈmuːrʊk/, U.S.

/ˈmʊrʊk/,

/ˈmurʊk/

Forms: 1800s mooruk, 1800s morroop (irregular), 1900s– moruk (irregular), 1900s– muruk.

Origin: A borrowing from a Melanesian language.

Etymology: < a language of New Britain or Duke of York Island, probably originally imitative (compare quot. 1860 in note). Compare Tolai (New Britain) and Ramoaaina (Duke of York Island) murup, Tok Pisin muruk.On the ultimately imitative origin of the name compare:1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xi. 244 A new species of Cassowary..procured from the natives of New Britain... It utters a peculiar whistling, chirping sound, and, I am informed, it also emits a loud one, resembling the word Mooruk, whence, no doubt, is derived its native name. N.E.D. (1908) enters this under mooruk and gives only the pronunciation (mū^ə·ruk) /ˈmʊərʊk/.

A cassowary; spec. the dwarf cassowary, Casuarius bennetti, native to the highlands of New Guinea and New Britain.

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the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > order Casuariiformes (emus) > member of genus Casuarius (cassowary)

cassowary1611

emu1613

muruk1858

1858 Illustr. News of World 12 June 300/2 (title) The mooruk.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 186/1 The Mooruk, or Bennett's Cassowary..approaching in the thickness of its legs to the moas.

1880 W. Powell in Wanderings in Wild Country (1883) 274 The flesh of the morroop is often eaten by the natives, and the oil that is extracted from the fat is considered very valuable as a remedy for rheumatism.

1925 W. L. Puxley Green Isles in Glittering Seas 140 Amongst those who took shelter was the muruk (cassowary)... Now the muruk is a kindly bird and hurts none, so he allowed the avit to take cover under his wings.

1954 C. L. Barrett Isles of Sun 127 I questioned the natives about muruks... When I got there, the muruk had gone bush, or into the cooking pot.

1967 A. L. Rand & E. T. Gilliard Handbk. New Guinea Birds 22 One of the New Guinea names for these birds, Moruk, has some vogue in English-speaking countries, but the more common name comes from the Malay name Suwari.

1972 P. Ryan Encycl. Papua & New Guinea I. 137/2 Known by the Pidgin name muruk, cassowaries..are represented in the New Guinea region by the three known living species.

1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 27 The populations of..the moruk on New Britain probably arose from the breeding of escaped captives, brought from the main island of New Guinea.

1990 J. A. Baldwin in D. E. Yen & J. M. J. Mummery Pacific Production Syst. 231 (heading) Muruk, dok, pik, kakaruk: prehistoric implications of geographical distributions in the Southwest Pacific.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muruk
释义	murukn. Brit. /ˈmʊərʊk/, /ˈmuːrʊk/, U.S. /ˈmʊrʊk/, /ˈmurʊk/ Forms: 1800s mooruk, 1800s morroop (irregular), 1900s– moruk (irregular), 1900s– muruk. Origin: A borrowing from a Melanesian language. Etymology: < a language of New Britain or Duke of York Island, probably originally imitative (compare quot. 1860 in note). Compare Tolai (New Britain) and Ramoaaina (Duke of York Island) murup, Tok Pisin muruk.On the ultimately imitative origin of the name compare:1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xi. 244 A new species of Cassowary..procured from the natives of New Britain... It utters a peculiar whistling, chirping sound, and, I am informed, it also emits a loud one, resembling the word Mooruk, whence, no doubt, is derived its native name. N.E.D. (1908) enters this under mooruk and gives only the pronunciation (mū^ə·ruk) /ˈmʊərʊk/. A cassowary; spec. the dwarf cassowary, Casuarius bennetti, native to the highlands of New Guinea and New Britain. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > order Casuariiformes (emus) > member of genus Casuarius (cassowary) cassowary1611 emu1613 muruk1858 1858 Illustr. News of World 12 June 300/2 (title) The mooruk. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 186/1 The Mooruk, or Bennett's Cassowary..approaching in the thickness of its legs to the moas. 1880 W. Powell in Wanderings in Wild Country (1883) 274 The flesh of the morroop is often eaten by the natives, and the oil that is extracted from the fat is considered very valuable as a remedy for rheumatism. 1925 W. L. Puxley Green Isles in Glittering Seas 140 Amongst those who took shelter was the muruk (cassowary)... Now the muruk is a kindly bird and hurts none, so he allowed the avit to take cover under his wings. 1954 C. L. Barrett Isles of Sun 127 I questioned the natives about muruks... When I got there, the muruk had gone bush, or into the cooking pot. 1967 A. L. Rand & E. T. Gilliard Handbk. New Guinea Birds 22 One of the New Guinea names for these birds, Moruk, has some vogue in English-speaking countries, but the more common name comes from the Malay name Suwari. 1972 P. Ryan Encycl. Papua & New Guinea I. 137/2 Known by the Pidgin name muruk, cassowaries..are represented in the New Guinea region by the three known living species. 1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 27 The populations of..the moruk on New Britain probably arose from the breeding of escaped captives, brought from the main island of New Guinea. 1990 J. A. Baldwin in D. E. Yen & J. M. J. Mummery Pacific Production Syst. 231 (heading) Muruk, dok, pik, kakaruk: prehistoric implications of geographical distributions in the Southwest Pacific. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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