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单词 patu patu
释义

patu patun.

Brit. /ˈpatuː ˌpatuː/, U.S. /ˈpədu ˌpədu/, New Zealand English /ˈpʌtu ˌpʌtu/, /ˈpɛduː ˌpɛduː/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, patu patus.
Forms: 1700s patapatow, 1700s–1800s patoo patoo, 1800s pattoo pattoo, 1800s patu-patu, 1900s patu poto.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori patu patu.
Etymology: < Maori patu patu.
New Zealand. Now historical.
= patu n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club
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1769 J. Banks Jrnl. 11 Oct. (1962) I. 406 Arms they had none except 2 men, one of whom sold his patoo patoo as he called it, a short weapon of green talk [sc. talc]..intended doubtless for fighting hand to hand.
1817 J. L. Nicholas Narr. Voy. N.Z. I. iii. 89 The men in the canoe..exhibited..mats, spears, hooks, fishing-lines, thread, pattoo pattoos (war implements).
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. xi. 277 The short clubs (patu poto)..are made in three types: the mere, kotiate, and wahaika..the whalebone clubs carrying the descriptive name of patu paraoa (patu, club; paraoa whalebone).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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