tekotekon.

Brit.

/ˈtɛkəʊˌtɛkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtɛkoʊˌtɛkoʊ/, New Zealand English

/ˈtekoteko/,

/ˈtekʌuˌtekʌu/

Etymology: Maori.

New Zealand.

In Maori art, a carved human figure, esp. one placed on the gable of a house.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other types of statue

Silenus?1543

round1634

polychrome1801

portrait statue1840

acroterion1842

magot1844

acrolith1847

tekoteko1848

petrifact1875

1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 76/1 Tekoteko, figure placed at the top of the gable end of a native house.

1897 A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) ii. 85 The junction of the barge-boards was covered by a carved flat face, the Koruru, which was adorned with feathers, and sometimes surmounted by a full-length figure, the tekoteko.

1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (rev. ed.) ii. ii. 122 The only carving was a tekoteko human figure at the front gable apex.

1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 127 I've designed a banner for the school. Look! Here's the Maori teko teko, here's a book to indicate learning.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tekoteko
释义	tekotekon. Brit. /ˈtɛkəʊˌtɛkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtɛkoʊˌtɛkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈtekoteko/, /ˈtekʌuˌtekʌu/ Etymology: Maori. New Zealand. In Maori art, a carved human figure, esp. one placed on the gable of a house. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other types of statue Silenus?1543 round1634 polychrome1801 portrait statue1840 acroterion1842 magot1844 acrolith1847 tekoteko1848 petrifact1875 1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 76/1 Tekoteko, figure placed at the top of the gable end of a native house. 1897 A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) ii. 85 The junction of the barge-boards was covered by a carved flat face, the Koruru, which was adorned with feathers, and sometimes surmounted by a full-length figure, the tekoteko. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (rev. ed.) ii. ii. 122 The only carving was a tekoteko human figure at the front gable apex. 1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 127 I've designed a banner for the school. Look! Here's the Maori teko teko, here's a book to indicate learning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1848
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