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单词 taiaha
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taiahan.

/ˈtaiaha/ Brit. /ˈtʌɪəhə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪəhə/, New Zealand English /ˈtʌiʌhʌ/, /ˈtɑeəhə/
Etymology: Maori.
New Zealand.
A long-handled Maori club with a sharp tip. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club
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1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventures N.Z. I. 140 The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. It..is about six feet long.
1863 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 61 The first of them was an old man with a handsome taiaha.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 2/1 He looked his best in a picturesque native robe, with lurid feathers in his hair, and a ‘taiaha’, or spear, in his hand.
1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 10 ‘Ae, we are one people!’ he cries, brandishing a taiaha.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. xi. 280 The taiaha head with its projecting tongue functioned as a stabbing point.
1963 S. Ashton-Warner Teacher 110 How can I protect my beautiful Matawhero from the taiaha of prejudice?
1974 N.Z. Listener 20 July 13/4 The Maori bus driver was ‘threatened’ with a friendly poke of the taiaha carried by another Maori.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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