单词 | toki |
释义 | tokin. New Zealand. A Maori war adze or axe, usually of stone. Frequently with defining addition. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun] > stone or bronze axe mogo1798 battle-axe1859 toki1860 boat axe1919 yüeh1956 1860 A. S. Atkinson Let. 9 Apr. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 559 It was perfectly innocuous, I believe, in the ordinary way of guns and was probably intended not to hit us but to frighten us into a fit state for nobbling with the toki. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 93 The Maori was..provided with no more efficient tool..than the ‘toki panehe’ (stone axe). 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori ii. vi. 188 The ceremonial adze termed toki pou tangata was formed of a nephrite adze lashed to a carved haft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1860 |
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