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lilipi Chiefly N.Z. Hist.|ˈlɪlɪpɪ|
Also lilipu, lillipe, lillip(p)ee.
[Origin unknown.]
(See quot. 1861.)
In quot. 1830, from a W. African context, lilipee may be some other word.
1830H. Crow Mem. ix. 146 For the sick we provided strong soups and middle messes, prepared from mutton, goats'-flesh, fowls, &c. to which were added sago and lilipees. 1860Taranaki Punch I. iv. 8 Something..that, although it is not lilipi yet, when pronounced by our old friend.., sounds very like it, namely ‘lilly pay’. 1861J. von Haast Rep. Topogr. & Geol. Explor. Nelson Province i. 22 [We confined] ourselves to a small pot of lillipe (or boiled flour) twice a day. 1874L. J. Kennaway Crusts 147 The poor children..lived principally on heavy bread and ‘lillippee’, (a mixture nothing more nor less than paper-hanging paste). 1880J. C. Crawford Recoll. Trav. N.Z. & Austral. 99 One old lady..presented us with a dish of lillipee, which is simply flour and water. 1915J. Hay Reminisc. Earliest Canterbury i. 34 They [sc. the Maoris] were very fond..of wheat and sugar boiled together, to which they gave the name of ‘Lilipu’. |