| 释义 |
‖ hongi N.Z.|ˈhɒŋɪ|
[Maori.]
The pressing of noses together as a form of salutation. Hence as v. intr.
1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. I. i. ii. 61 Leaving him to indulge his natural feeling in hongi..or nose-rubbing. 1862Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. xiii. 791 A great many of them hongi'd with Parris and seemed very glad to see him. 1882T. H. Potts Out in Open 23 The hongi, a method of salutation by rubbing noses together, we saw frequently performed. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 63 Our chief..as is our custom, presented his nose for the ‘hongi’, which the stranger, not understanding, ignored. 1941Baker N.Z. Slang ii. 21 We have to thank our original inhabitants for specifying, inaccurately as might be expected, the expression to rub noses as the equivalent of the Maori ceremony known as hongi. (The nose is pressed, not rubbed.) 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iii. vi. 418 The visiting party..pressed noses with the chief mourners. The nose pressing (hongi) process sometimes occupied much time. 1952R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia xvi. 83 The Maori people in New Zealand greet friends with the hongi. 1959Tindale & Lindsay Rangatira xvi. 149 He greeted..Rona-Nui by gripping both her hands and pressing his nose and forehead against hers in the hongi salutation. |