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Maori
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.3
References
1.4
Further reading
Maori
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Tētahi pirikahu.
Etymology
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Compound of
piri
(
“
to cling
”
)
+
kahu
(
“
coat
”
)
describing their wooly bodies.
[
1
]
Noun
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pirikahu
sheep
Synonym:
hipi
References
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^
Colenso, William (1883 July) “Nomenclature”, in
Macaulay's New Zealander
, number III, pages
1-21
Further reading
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“
pirikahu
” in John C. Moorfield,
Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index
, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,
→ISBN
.
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