pirikahu

Maori

Etymology

Compound of piri (“to cling”) +‎ kahu (“coat”) describing their wooly bodies.[1]

Noun

pirikahu

  1. sheep
    Synonym: hipi

References

  1. ^ Colenso, William (July 1883) “Nomenclature”, in Macaulay's New Zealander, number III, pages 1-21

Further reading

  • “pirikahu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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