单词 | taiaha |
释义 | taiahan. New Zealand. A long-handled Maori club with a sharp tip. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club masuelc1312 macec1325 maulc1325 mell1333 brogged staff1429 balk-staffc1460 malleta1500 quarterstaff?1560 sport staff1634 morgenstern1637 roundhead1643 morning star1684 patu patu1769 patuc1771 shell-stick1790 holy water sprinkler1816 mace-head1824 shark's teeth sword1845 taiaha1845 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). < n.1845 |
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