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‖ kohua N.Z.|ˈkɔːhʊa|
[Maori kōhua.]
a. A Maori oven.
b. A three-legged iron pot or kettle. Cf. go-ashore (c) (go v. VIII).
1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iv. 43 The native oven, hangi or kohua, made in the well-known manner with heated stones. 1901A. A. Grace in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 53 Soon the kohua was sizzling over a bright fire. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 72 The last day of all he [sc. Captain Cook] gave Toia another pot, and..with much pointing at it, said: ‘Now go ashore.’ So we took that to be its name; for do we not call it at this distant day a ‘kohua’? (corruption of ‘go ashore’). 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) II. i. 112 The early trade goods included three-legged iron pots which from their function were also termed kohua. |