kohuan.
/ˈkɔːhʊə/, U.S. /ˈkɔˌhuə/, /ˈkɑˌhuə/, New Zealand English /ˈkoːhuʌ/, /ˈkoːhuə/ New Zealand.
a. A Maori oven.
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1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iv. 43 The native oven, hangi or kohua, made in the well-known manner with heated stones.
b. A three-legged iron pot or kettle. Cf. goashore n.1
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1901 A. A. Grace in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 53 Soon the kohua was sizzling over a bright fire.
1905 W. Baucke 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’).
1949 P. 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.
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