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单词 pikau
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pikaun.

Brit. /ˈpiːkaʊ/, /ˈpiːkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkaʊ/, /ˈpiˌkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈpikʌu/, /ˈpiːkʌu/, /ˈpiːkæu/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, pikaus.
Forms: 1800s pico, 1800s pikaw, 1800s– peko, 1800s– pikau, 1900s– peacow, 1900s– pekau. See also pikau v.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pikau v.
Etymology: < pikau v.
New Zealand.
A load or pack carried on the back or shoulders; a knapsack, a swag; a makeshift knapsack or saddlebag.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag
cloak-bagc1540
mallet1612
Peter1667
sac de nuit1814
carpet-bag1830
roll-up1831
pikau1836
travelling bag1838
swag1853
suit bag1869
bluey1878
Matilda1889
shiralee1892
port1898
handgrip1915
sea-bag1918
blanket pack1920
weekender1929
valpack1934
weekend bag1946
swag bag1951
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder
knapsack1603
snapsack1633
snap-bag1688
haversack1711
pikau1836
nunny bag1842
packsack1851
pack1853
rucksack1853
kiondo1902
backpack1914
Charley1919
Bergan1923
musette1923
daypack1969
daysack1974
1836 J. A. Wilson Jrnl. 23 Aug. in Missionary Life & Work N.Z. (1889) iii. 48 Our natives weary with their pikaus.
1847 G. F. Angas Savage Life & Scenes Austral. & N.Z. II. i. 3 Five Maori lads, who carried our baggage..in their pikau or knapsacks, strapped over their shoulders with the leaves of flax.
1892 E. S. Brookes Frontier Life 148 Most of us were now loaded with heavy pekoes or swags on our backs.
1920 Quick March 10 Apr. 13 Our provisions..divided into equal sized ‘pikaus’ among us.
1950 Landfall 4 285 The rest of his luggage would be a peko slung on his shoulders.
1969 A. B. Moore From Forest to Farm xiv. 88 As we leave the hut for the day's work we each have on our backs a ‘pikau’—a sugar-bag rucksack containing tucker for our lunch and ‘smoke-o's’.
1990 T. Watt Wild Horses & Me 52 They would arrive about lunchtime with peacows slung over their saddles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pikauv.

Brit. /ˈpiːkaʊ/, /ˈpiːkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkaʊ/, /ˈpiˌkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈpiːkʌu/, /ˈpiːkæu/
Forms: 1800s pecow, 1800s pekau, 1800s pekow, 1800s– pikau.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori pīkau.
Etymology: < Maori pīkau to carry.
New Zealand. Now rare.
transitive. To carry (a load or pack) on the back or shoulders; to carry on the back as a pack.The construction and sense in quot. 1817 is unclear.
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1817 J. L. Nicholas Narr. Voy. N.Z. II. 337 To get upon the back Pekou.]
1834 E. Markham N.Z. Recoll. (1963) 61 Jake exerted himself and got five Boys to Pekow the Traps across.
1879 J. Featon Waikato War 1863–4 86 Riria Raihi..took him on her back and pikaued him to the top.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Mar. 223/2 We..started for camp with the meat ‘pikaued’ (carried as in a knapsack) in sugar-bags on our shoulders.
1931 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. 15 Apr. (N.Z. section) 11 You pikau te canoe, quick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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