kauri

See also: Kauri and kaŭri

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from MāoriCategory:English terms borrowed from Māori#KAURICategory:English terms derived from Māori#KAURI kauri from Proto-PolynesianCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#KAURI *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Diospyros%20samoensis").[1]

Noun

kauri (countable and uncountable, plural kauris or kauri)Category:English lemmas#KAURICategory:English nouns#KAURICategory:English uncountable nouns#KAURICategory:English countable nouns#KAURICategory:English countable nouns#KAURICategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#KAURICategory:English indeclinable nouns#KAURICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KAURICategory:Pages with entries#KAURICategory:Pages with 4 entries#KAURI

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  1. (New ZealandCategory:New Zealand English#KAURI) A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agathis%20australis. [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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#KAURI
    • 2008, “The Peppertree”, in Friars Guide to New Zealand Accommodation for the Discerning Traveller 2009‎, 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#KAURI
  2. 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.
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Translations

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

kauri (plural kauris)Category:English lemmas#KAURICategory:English nouns#KAURICategory:English countable nouns#KAURICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KAURICategory:Pages with entries#KAURICategory:Pages with 4 entries#KAURI

  1. Alternative form of cowrie.

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Dutch

Etymology

From MāoriCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Māori#KAURICategory:Dutch terms derived from Māori#KAURI kauri.

Pronunciation

Noun

kauri m (plural kauri's, diminutive kauri'tje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#KAURICategory:Dutch nouns#KAURICategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#KAURICategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#KAURICategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#KAURICategory:Dutch masculine nouns#KAURICategory:Pages with entries#KAURICategory:Pages with 4 entries#KAURI

  1. Category:nl:Araucarians#KAURIkauri, Agathis australisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agathis%20australis

Derived terms

Further reading

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#KAURICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#KAURI *kauquli (cognate with Tahitian ʻāuri (“iron, steel”), Samoan ʻauli (“clothing iron”) and ʻauʻauli (“Diospyros samoensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Diospyros%20samoensis”)),[1] from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diaspyros samoensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Diaspyros%20samoensis").[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

kauriCategory:Māori lemmas#KAURICategory:Māori nouns#KAURICategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#KAURICategory:Pages with entries#KAURICategory:Pages with 4 entries#KAURI

  1. A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia.
  2. Agathis australisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agathis%20australis, a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae.

References

  1. ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, 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 551-559
  3. ↑ “Kauri”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022
Category:mi:Araucarians#KAURI

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from HindiCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Hindi#KAURICategory:Swahili terms derived from Hindi#KAURI कौड़ी (kauṛī).

Pronunciation

Noun

kauri class IX (plural kauri class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#KAURICategory:Swahili nouns#KAURICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#KAURICategory:Swahili class IX nouns#KAURICategory:Pages with entries#KAURICategory:Pages with 4 entries#KAURI

  1. cowry
  2. porcelain
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