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词汇 koiwi
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Definition of koiwi in English:

koiwi

nounˈkɔɪwi
NZ
  • Human skeletal remains.

    there are koiwi all over the place
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We have removed the skulls and they will be picked up by the Historic Places Trust to be included with the 15 other koiwi.
    • The board was working on the appropriate tikanga for burial of the koiwi.
    • Of these, 95 were identified as koiwi -- historic Maori bones.
    • The discovery of koiwi on a building site is extremely sensitive and involves working with iwi and Heritage New Zealand.
    • Work resumed in late October 2014 but more remains, also believed to be koiwi, were uncovered on November 6.
    • These are the properties of the koiwi of our ancestors.
    • They are believed to be koiwi, or pre-European remains of a child aged about 6.
    • Archaeologists had been to the site and had confirmed the bones were koiwi.
    • Renovations on the beachfront Long Bay Restaurant have been at a standstill since the koiwi, or pre-European, bones were found buried at the site in July.
    • An archaeologist has this week been sifting through piles of dirt in Robbins Park at the end of Monmouth St searching for any remaining bone fragments, known as koiwi.

Origin

Late 19th century: Maori.

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