kauri

See also: Kauri and kaŭri

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊɹi/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").[1]

Noun

kauri (countable and uncountable, plural kauris or kauri)

  1. (New Zealand) A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis. [from 19th c.]
    • 1956, Frank Clune, Roaming round New Zealand: the story of a holiday trip:
      There is an ancient legend that if the kauris disappear from New Zealand, the Maoris will also disappear.
    • 1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 226:
      He had already kicked one panel of the stout door clean out. It was inch-thick kauri timber.
    • 2008, “The Peppertree”, in Friars Guide to New Zealand Accommodation for the Discerning Traveller 2009‎[2], Auckland: Hodder Moa, page 150:
      Constructed from the native timbers rimu, kauri, or matai, the interior has been refurbished in sympathy with the era of the home.
  2. The wood of the kauri tree.
    • 1926, The Timberman‎[3], volume 28, page 38:
      New Zealand kauri is employed, principally for planking and decking
  3. A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
Hyponyms
  • (resinous product): kauri copal, Manilla copal, dammar gum
Derived terms
Translations

References

  1. ^ “Kauri”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Etymology 2

Noun

kauri (plural kauris)

  1. Alternative form of cowrie.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Māori kauri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kauri m (plural kauri's, diminutive kauri'tje n)

  1. kauri, Agathis australis

Derived terms

  • kauriboom

Further reading

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kauquli (cognate with Tahitian ʻāuri (“iron, steel”), Samoan ʻauli (“clothing iron”) and ʻauʻauli (“Diospyros samoensis”)),[1] from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diaspyros samoensis").[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkauri/ [ˈkɐʉɾi]

Noun

kauri

  1. A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia.
  2. Agathis australis, a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae.

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “kauri”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 138
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kauli”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ^ “Kauri”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Swahili

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    kauri class IX (plural kauri class X)

    1. cowry
    2. porcelain
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