makon.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɑːkəʊ/,

/ˈmakəʊ/,

/ˈmeɪkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪkoʊ/,

/ˈmækoʊ/,

/ˈmɑkoʊ/, New Zealand English

/ˈmʌko/,

/ˈmʌkʌu/,

/ˈmʌːkʌu/

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mako.

Etymology: < Maori mako mako shark.The word mako in the following quot. (treated as an example of the headword in O.E.D. Suppl. (1976)), in fact represents Japanese makkō-kujira sperm whale:1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 1. 133 Mako never exceeds three or four fathom in length.

More fully mako shark. A large mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, with a deep blue back, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Also called blue pointer.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Isuridae > member of genus Isurus (pointer)

mako1848

pointer1881

1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 14 Mako, a shark, peculiar to this latitude, teeth prized as ear ornament.

1872 F. W. Hutton Fishes of N.Z. 77 Lamna Glauca. Tiger Shark. Mako... The shark from which the Maoris obtain the teeth with which they decorate their ears.

1928 Free Lance (Wellington) 8 Feb. 17 Lord Grimthorpe, the English banker..exceeded all his expectations by landing the world's record mako-shark off Cape Brett.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 153 They wore pieces of mako tooth in the lobe of the ear.

1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 100 He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea.

1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 2 Jan. 19/4 The big item of fishing news last week..was the capture of Kenya's first mako shark.

1991 Newport Summer 33/1 The food is good, too; salmon and mako steaks were fresh.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

makon.²

Brit.

/ˈmɑːkəʊ/,

/ˈmakəʊ/,

/ˈmeɪkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪkoʊ/,

/ˈmækoʊ/,

/ˈmɑkoʊ/, New Zealand English

/ˈmʌko/,

/ˈmʌkʌu/,

/ˈmʌːkʌu/

Forms: 1800s– mako, 1800s– moko, 1900s– maku, 1900s– moki.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mako.

Etymology: < Maori mako; compare the reduplicated form makomako makomako n.² Compare French mako (1866).

New Zealand.

= makomako n.² (In quot. 1861: a log cut from this tree.)

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > Australasian

redberry1785

five-corner1826

wax-cluster1834

mako1848

makomako1848

snowberry1880

sea-berry1884

ground-berry1889

wineberry1889

1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 20/2 Mako, a tree; the bark used as a black dye.

1861 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 24 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 696 Just before the fireplace were a few makos which they had been sleeping on.

1883 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 3) 130 Mako, a small handsome tree, six to twenty feet high, quick-growing, with large racemes of reddish nodding flowers.

1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) 11. ix. 239 The spears were formed of..rods of light mako wood.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mako
释义	makon.¹ Brit. /ˈmɑːkəʊ/, /ˈmakəʊ/, /ˈmeɪkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkoʊ/, /ˈmækoʊ/, /ˈmɑkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌko/, /ˈmʌkʌu/, /ˈmʌːkʌu/ Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mako. Etymology: < Maori mako mako shark.The word mako in the following quot. (treated as an example of the headword in O.E.D. Suppl. (1976)), in fact represents Japanese makkō-kujira sperm whale:1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 1. 133 Mako never exceeds three or four fathom in length. More fully mako shark. A large mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, with a deep blue back, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Also called blue pointer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Isuridae > member of genus Isurus (pointer) mako1848 pointer1881 1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 14 Mako, a shark, peculiar to this latitude, teeth prized as ear ornament. 1872 F. W. Hutton Fishes of N.Z. 77 Lamna Glauca. Tiger Shark. Mako... The shark from which the Maoris obtain the teeth with which they decorate their ears. 1928 Free Lance (Wellington) 8 Feb. 17 Lord Grimthorpe, the English banker..exceeded all his expectations by landing the world's record mako-shark off Cape Brett. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 153 They wore pieces of mako tooth in the lobe of the ear. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 100 He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea. 1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 2 Jan. 19/4 The big item of fishing news last week..was the capture of Kenya's first mako shark. 1991 Newport Summer 33/1 The food is good, too; salmon and mako steaks were fresh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). makon.² Brit. /ˈmɑːkəʊ/, /ˈmakəʊ/, /ˈmeɪkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkoʊ/, /ˈmækoʊ/, /ˈmɑkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌko/, /ˈmʌkʌu/, /ˈmʌːkʌu/ Forms: 1800s– mako, 1800s– moko, 1900s– maku, 1900s– moki. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mako. Etymology: < Maori mako; compare the reduplicated form makomako makomako n.² Compare French mako (1866). New Zealand. = makomako n.² (In quot. 1861: a log cut from this tree.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > Australasian redberry1785 five-corner1826 wax-cluster1834 mako1848 makomako1848 snowberry1880 sea-berry1884 ground-berry1889 wineberry1889 1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 20/2 Mako, a tree; the bark used as a black dye. 1861 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 24 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 696 Just before the fireplace were a few makos which they had been sleeping on. 1883 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 3) 130 Mako, a small handsome tree, six to twenty feet high, quick-growing, with large racemes of reddish nodding flowers. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) 11. ix. 239 The spears were formed of..rods of light mako wood. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1848n.²1848
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