单词 | paepae |
释义 | paepaen.1 In western and central Eastern Polynesia: a raised stone platform extending beneath and around a house or other building; (also) a paved area or courtyard in front of or surrounding a building. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > foundations groundc950 ground-wallc1000 fundamentc1300 foundation1398 sole1417 paepae1846 raft1891 raft foundation1895 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > fore-court vestiary1382 fore-yard1420 forecourt1535 vestibule1623 foregartha1642 antecourt1659 vestibulum1662 frontstead1688 frontcourt1749 paepae1919 1846 H. Melville Typee xxiv. 219 Like all the other edifices of any note, it was raised upon a small pi-pi of stones. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. ii. 14 The paepae is an oblong terrace built without cement of black volcanic stone, from twenty to fifty feet in length, raised from four to eight feet from earth, and accessible by a broad stair. 1919 Cent. Mag. Aug. 446/1 I sat..on the palm-shaded paepae of my cabin above the blue lagoon. 1927 P. H. Buck Material Culture of Cook Islands i. 39 In the well-preserved house site..the cobbled paepae terrace was a foot lower than the house terrace. 1962 C. Nordhoff & J. N. Hill Pitcairn's Island viii. 166 Minarii was sprinkling sand from the watercourse into the chinks of his stone paepae. 1974 T. Heyerdahl Fatu-Hiva iv. 155 Some paepae had been declared tabu by ancient medicine men and often contained burials and old artifacts. 2000 Asian Perspectives 39 152 Based upon his surface survey Bellwood identified four types of paepae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paepaen.2 New Zealand. A horizontal wooden beam marking the threshold of a Maori building; spec. (in a meeting house) an orator's bench or speaking place; (hence also) a proposed Maori political assembly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > platform or stand pulpita1387 pew1558 rostrum1652 stump1775 platform1817 stand1829 soap-box1907 paepae1937 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > other types of government regency1643 myriarchy1650 responsible government1782 charter-government1796 co-government1834 minority government1859 internationalism1879 minority rule1886 Labour government1892 provisional government1916 paepae1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel overslayOE overslaughta1225 overdornea1325 thresholdc1350 overthresholda1382 dernera1400 overcheekc1400 overway1430 headpiece1611 supercilium1816 paepae1937 1901 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 64 [The Maori word] paepae = threshold.] 1937 T. L. Buick Moa-Hunters of N.Z. 203 ‘This looks like the paepae of a large house,’ said Mr Teviotdale. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. ii. 128 The doorway..was defined by four pieces: the sill or threshold (paepae), two side jambs [etc.]. 1986 W. Ihimaera Matriarch 74 She nodded in the direction of the paepae where the speakers were sitting. 1998 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 15 Dec. The national paepae, or senate, would aim to mobilise the Maori vote across all tribes and force politicians to close the gap between Maori and Pakeha in health, education, and employment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : pae-paen.3 < n.11846n.21937 see also |
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