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单词 tumata-kuru
释义

tumata-kurun.

/ˈtuːmataˌkʊrʊ/
Forms: Also tumatu-, tomata-kuru, -guru, tumatagowry, toomatoogooroo.
Etymology: Maori.
A spiny, spreading New Zealand shrub, Discaria Toumatou, N.O. Rhamnaceæ, the thorns of which were used by the Maori in tattooing. Also called New Zealand Hawthorn, Wild Irishman, and corruptly matagouri n.
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1859 J. T. Thomson in Otago Gaz. 22 Sept. 264 Much over-run with the scrub called ‘tomata-guru’.
1883 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 3) 131 Tumatakuru, Wild Irishman. A bush or small tree with spreading branches... The spines were used by the Maoris for tatooing.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Tumata-kuru..Tumatagowry, or Matagory is the Southern corruption of contractors, labourers, and others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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