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語源 1

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

名詞

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, 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. 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.

下位語

• (resinous product): kauri copal, Manilla copal, dammar gum

派生語

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語源 2

名詞

kauri (plural kauris)

1. Alternative form of cowrie.

アナグラム

• Kuria, akuri