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单词 futtah
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futtahn.

Brit. /ˈfʌtə/, U.S. /ˈfədə/, New Zealand English /ˈfʌdə/
Forms: Also futter, whata, etc.
Etymology: < Maori whata.futter, etc., are early spellings representing the pronunciation of the Maori word.
New Zealand.
A food-store raised on posts.
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the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun]
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1834 E. Markham N.Z. Recoll. 37 I have seen a Wutter or Platform 80 feet above ground in an immense Tree all the Branches cut off And a Platform well secured, and the Potatoes on it and thatched over.
1878 E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 100 Walker..afterwards gave him another pair of trousers from the futtah.
1888 A. H. Duncan Wakatipians iii. 22 The buildings at the home-station..were represented by a ‘futter’ and a long narrow hut.
1891 Rep. Austral. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. III. 378 The men gathered the food and stored it in whatas or store-rooms, which were attached to every chief's compound, and built on tall posts to protect the contents from damp and rats.
1892 N.Z. Alpine Jrnl. 1 ii. 95 Our second [camp] was in George's Creek, where we built a ‘futtah’ for the provisions.
1954 E. C. Studholme Te Waimate (ed. 2) iii. v. 260 Most stations..had a futtah—a corruption of the Maori word, whata, meaning ‘a raised store~house in which food is kept’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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