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词汇 rua
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Definition of rua in English:

rua

noun ˈruːə
NZ
  • (in Maori culture) a pit used for storage, typically of root vegetables and fruit.

    they showed me the rua where fruit had been arrayed for storage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Underground pits (rua) for root crops such as sweet potato were scattered around the margins.
    • You'll find extensive terracing, rua pits and visible former dwellings.
    • The most remarkable and economically important was the development of the rua.
    • The rua, often with raised rims along the east coast of the North Island, are quite numerous in landscapes where gardening was comm.
    • They filled in the trenches and rua with soil.
    • The diggers have also uncovered a rua.
    • He observed and drew a number of structures called rua kopiha, built in rows on the terraces of the prehistoric pa.
    • These pits are common in every village and were called Rua.
    • A couple of rua can still be seen on a bank about 30 chains south of the village.
    • They hid him in a rua-kumara, a store-pit for kumara dug in the ground.

Origin

Early 19th century: Maori.

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