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单词 paepae
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paepaen.1

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpaɪ/
Inflections: Plural paepaes, unchanged.
Forms: 1800s pi-pi, 1800s– paepae, 1900s– pae-pae.
Origin: A borrowing from Marquesan. Etymon: Marquesan paepae.
Etymology: < Marquesan paepae paved platform on which a house is built.
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.
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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

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpaɪ/, New Zealand English /ˈpʌepʌe/, /ˈpɑepɑe/
Inflections: Plural paepaes, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– pae-pae, 1900s– paepae.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori paepae.
Etymology: < Maori paepae beam, bar.
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.
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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).

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