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▪ I. kanga1 N.Z.|ˈkɑːŋə|
Also kaanga.
[Maori.]
Indian corn, Zea mays.
1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. in N.Z. II. iii. 366 Kanga, corn, maize. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 Plantations of..Kaanga (Indian corn). 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 111 Indian corn..received the name of Kanga, the Maori form of the word corn... A unique method of utilizing it as food was evolved... The unhusked cobs were placed in fenced enclosures in still water where the grain became soft. 1959Economic Botany XIII. 321/2 The vernacular name covering all maize is kaanga.
▪ II. kanga2 Austral. colloq.|ˈkæŋgə|
[Shortened form of kangaroo.]
= kangaroo n. 1.
[1926A. A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh vii. 91 Christopher Robin..said that a Kanga was Generally Regarded as One of the Fiercer Animals. Ibid. 93 Kanga never takes her eye off Baby Roo, except when he's safely buttoned up in her pocket.] 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iv. 73 ‘Leaves a kanga cold,’ Tim declared after seeing a jerboa in action. 1969Sun (Melbourne) 12 July 9/3 (heading) Kangas: all are to blame.
▪ III. kanga
var. khanga. |